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Ingolstadt: workers killed by a heavy transformer station

5/6/2022, 2:29:03 PM


A 44-year-old wanted to use a crane to hoist a transformer house onto his truck. A fatal accident apparently occurred.

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A crane operator was killed in Ingolstadt by a heavy transformer house.

That's what the police say.

The 44-year-old worker wanted to lift the house with his truck's crane and park it on the loading area, it is said.

An anchorage failed.

The man was apparently standing next to the transformer station with a remote control for the crane.

When the station fell to the ground, she buried the man under her.

The police began investigations.

There is no evidence of third-party negligence.

ptz/AFP