Coffee packages lay scattered on the A6 autobahn after an accident Wednesday. (Kaiserslautern police)

The police have a reputation for drinking a lot of coffee, but the amount spilled on autobahn A6 near Kaiserslautern-Einsiedlerhof on Wednesday was enough to keep a couple of precincts awake for a long time. A 36-year-old truck driver was following another truck too closely and swerved to avoid hitting the truck when it braked, according to the local police. The swerving truck caused a collision, and the truck of front of it had its trailer split open. Packages of coffee covered more than 300 feet of the autobahn. Two of the three lanes were closed for several hours for cleaning, police said. No injuries were reported.

A truck’s trailer was ripped open in an accident on autobahn A6 near Kaiserslautern-Einsiedlerhof on Wednesday. (Kaiserslautern police)