Hundreds of motorists are stranded for more than 8 hours on Attiki Odos in Athens, for a distance to cover in 20 minutes they need over 5 hours to reach their destination.
A motorist told the press that she had been stranded for 12 hours. She had a bottle of water which she sipped with great care. Like her, there were hundreds if not thousands of motorists stuck on the 70 km long highway with elderly and children on board. Many motorists just abandoned their cars and started walking towards their homes if relatively nearby, others stayed in the cold, turning the engine off and on to get some heat, and at the same time keeping an eye that all the fuel is not used.
The problems of Attiki Odos created chaos also on major roads of Athens, during the day. Prior to the prosecutor's investigation order the Minster for Climate and Civil Protection, Christos Stylianides, accused the management of Attiki Odos of not keeping the highway open.
Also, the state mechanism decided to deploy the Armed Forces to help evacuate the stranded motorists. .
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