Serious accident on a construction site in Bavaria: Several workers dead - investigators with first assessment

A concrete ceiling collapsed on a construction site in Denklingen.

Several workers were buried under the rubble.

Four people were killed.

• A serious accident at work has occurred

  in

  Denklingen

  .

• A

  concrete ceiling

  has collapsed.

• There were

  several injuries and even deaths

  .

Update from October 17, 5:20 p.m.:

The

could take weeks according to the police.

"This is a story that will certainly drag on," said a spokesman for the police headquarters in Upper Bavaria North.

The scene of the accident remains unchanged at the moment, and clean-up work may only begin once the investigators have given official clearance.

“A

collected, and all of this now has to be evaluated and verified by an expert.

That will certainly take a few weeks, ”the spokesman continued.

The

be available in the

middle of the week

.

Knowledge of the cause of death is important for the further investigation.

Serious accident on construction site in Bavaria: Several workers dead - search for cause continues

Update from October 17, 9

a.m

After the construction accident in Denklingen, Upper Bavaria, with four dead

.

The trade supervisory office, employers' liability insurance association, appraisers and criminal investigators are involved.

Denklingen (Bavaria): Workers die after a dramatic accident - search continues

Update from October 16, 9.46 p.m.:

Two of the buried construction workers were immediately killed by the collapse, reports

, spokesman for the Upper Bavaria North Police Headquarters, on site in the afternoon.

The emergency services tried to reanimate the other two, but without success.

According to initial findings, two of the men were on the freshly concreted ceiling that was supposed to connect two company buildings that had already been built, says Aichele.

The other two men were under the construction when the accident happened.

How it happened that the

that held the freshly concreted ceiling suddenly collapsed, Aichele can't say anything yet.

The Fürstenfeldbruck criminal police took over the

the exact course of the

.

An expert was also called in.

The bad news quickly spreads around the village.

There

, after all, everyone knows the family business that has been rooted in the town for over 60 years.

In the town hall, the relatives of the victims are looked after by emergency chaplains.

(CSU), who assists the relatives in the town hall in the difficult hour, was deeply concerned about the tragedy in his town in an initial reaction.

-

Update from October 16, 7 p.m.: It is

still unclear how the tragic accident on a construction site in Denklingen came about.

At the time of the accident, construction workers were carrying out

on a ceiling that was supposed to connect two company buildings.

The

could only

two of the workers dead.

Resuscitation had to be aborted unsuccessfully in two other casualties.

Denklingen: Concrete ceiling collapses on construction site - cause unclear

Update from October 16, 3:40 p.m.:

The construction company is a local company that is currently

its own new office and storage space

in the

.

That was where the

happened

.

When

for a still unknown cause.

Two men who were standing on the ceiling and two who were below the support structure at the time were buried under the molten concrete.

The workers killed are four men from the Landsberg district, a 16-year-old, a 34-year-old and two 37-year-olds.

A 57-year-old was slightly injured.

Serious accident on construction site in Bavaria: Several workers die

Update October 16, 14:27:

The collapse of a

on a

in

(district Landsberg am Lech) four workers are killed

come and

Service.

According to the police, the workers were apparently standing on a scaffold when the

collapsed and the men buried under them.

An

on-site

was also

slightly injured

during the rescue operations

.

A

is on site.

Update, October 16, 1:55 p.m.:

According to previous knowledge,

no other workers have been missing

on the

.

Four workers

when

a

collapsed

during the

in a

in

, and another worker was

taken to hospital.

In the meantime, there is also a

on site to look after witnesses and

.

The investigation into the course of the

by the

Fürstenfeldbruck

.

+

The building contractors were buried under this rubble.

© Herold / MM

Accident on construction site in Denklingen: four workers dead

Update, October 16, 1:45 p.m.:

In the meantime, the police have confirmed that

four

killed

in the

.

Another

was injured, according to the

.

The investigation into the exact course of events is currently underway.

First report from October 16, 2020, 1:20 p.m.

Denklingen

- On Friday morning in

(Landsberg am Lech district)

a serious

occurred.

The

reports

.

On a

one is

collapsed and buried under several

.

Many of them were injured in the process.

According to initial information, there should have been

.

Denklingen: Several injuries and deaths after a construction site accident in Bavaria

Two people were taken to

seriously injured after the accident

.

A third man was slightly injured.

At the moment there is a large number of

,

and

at the accident site

.

Further information follows.

Just a few days ago, two young people died when they were hit by a train while crossing the tracks.

A jogger also had a fatal accident when he was hit by a car while crossing the B 289.

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