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31-vehicle smash as drunk truck driver crashes through red light and sets home on fire in Germany

The truck driver skipped a red light, hitting a car that was at a crossroads and carried on without stopping, according to police, before ploughing into several parked cars and setting his vehicle and several others on fire - including a house which had to be evacuated.

Burning cars stand on a street in Fuerth, Germany, Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2022. German police say an intoxicated truck driver rammed his vehicle into parked cars after ignoring a red light in southern Germany. The truck shoved cars up against buildings and caused some of them to catch fire. Three people were slightly injured and 31 vehicles damaged in the incident just outside Nuremberg in Fuerth on Tuesday evening. (vifogra/Augenzeuge/vifogra/dpa via AP)
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Image: Several vehicles caught fire in the collisions, just outside Nuremberg, Germany. Pic: AP
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A drunk truck driver drove through a red light, rammed parked cars up against buildings and caused some of them including a house to catch fire, police said.

Three people were hurt and 31 vehicles damaged in the rampage in Fuerth, just outside Nuremberg, Germany, on Tuesday night.

A truck, rear, and wrecked cars stand on a street in Fuerth, Germany, Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2022. German police say an intoxicated truck driver rammed his vehicle into parked cars after ignoring a red light in southern Germany. The truck shoved cars up against buildings and caused some of them to catch fire. Three people were slightly injured and 31 vehicles damaged in the incident just outside Nuremberg in Fuerth on Tuesday evening. (Friedrich/vifogra/dpa via AP)
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Image: Firefighters at the scene of the multiple collisions involving a truck and several cars. Pic: AP

The truck driver first skipped a red light, hitting a car that was at a crossroads and carried on without stopping, according to a police statement.

Shortly afterwards, the truck ploughed into several parked cars, pushing some of them into the walls of nearby buildings.

09 February 2022, Bavaria, F'rth: A wrecked car and a truck stands in a street. A drunk truck driver had left a trail of devastation after an accident at an intersection with his vehicle weighing several tons on Tuesday evening, ramming cars, pushing them against a house wall and causing damage to some houses. Photo by: L'b Daniel/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Images
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Image: The truck driver was arrested at the scene. Pic: AP

As a result, several cars, the facade of a house and the truck itself caught fire.

People inside the house were evacuated.

Police identified the truck driver as a a 50-year-old Turkish citizen with no permanent residence in Germany.

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09 February 2022, Bavaria, F'rth: Burn marks can be seen on a house and a truck stands in a street. A drunk truck driver had left a trail of devastation on Tuesday evening after an accident at an intersection with his one-ton vehicle, ramming cars, pushing them against a house wall and causing damage to some houses. Photo by: L'b Daniel/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Images

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Image: A house caught fire and had to be evacuated. Pic: AP

He was arrested at the scene and was found to be several times over the legal drink-drive limit.

The truck driver, the person behind the wheel of the car he hit at the red light and a passer-by were injured in the incident.