VN24 - Kamen / Germany - A 41 year old truck driver took the motorway exit Kamen Zentrum on the A1 at 11:45 am to turn left towards Kamen. In the intersection area to Unnaer Straße the dumpster trailer loaded with about 8 tons of wood chips became overweight and tipped over to the right, burying a pedestrian traffic light underneath it, as well as losing tons of its load to an adjacent footpath and cycle path. Since it could not be excluded that pedestrians were there at the time of the accident, who could presumably have been trapped under the trailer as well as under the bulk material, the fire brigade started a lightning operation with rakes and shovels. A local recovery contractor was instructed to lift the trailer and put it on its wheels in the fastest possible rescue operation. Fortunately, no buried subjects were found under the trailer. However, an accident with an injured person did occur when a rear-end collision occurred at the scene of the incident as part of the traffic control by the police. According to his own statement, a car driver was so distracted by the accident situation that he missed the fact that the cars in front of him had to stop.
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