Truck accident blocks two lanes on Antwerp Ring near Berchem
A truck accident on the Antwerp Ring near Berchem blocked two lanes towards the Netherlands on Wednesday 28 October, causing a traffic jam of more than an hour.
A traffic accident involving a truck blocked two lanes of the Antwerp Ring near Berchem on Wednesday 28 October 2026.
The blockage affected the Ring in the direction of the Netherlands, starting from the Antwerpen-West junction. According to HLN Antwerpen, the resulting traffic jam had lasted more than an hour when its report was published at 12:33.
The Antwerp Ring is the motorway that circles the city and is one of the busiest roads in Belgium. Incidents involving trucks often cause long delays there, as the road carries a lot of freight traffic.
Original reporting
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How this article was made
BelgiumNow summarises reporting by Belgian media in English. This text was written with the help of AI from the facts in the reports listed above and checked automatically before publishing. For the full story, read the original reporting.