On Thursday, a mobile crane tore down an overhead tram line in Nuremberg's Gibitzenhofstrasse.
A passerby suffered minor injuries from the falling cable.
Nuremberg: On Thursday (July 29th) a mobile crane accidentally tore off the overhead line of the tram in Gibitzenhofstrasse in Nuremberg *.
The police * announced this
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The cable fell and hit a passerby who was slightly injured.
He received medical attention.
The crane operator was not injured.
Nuremberg: Significant traffic obstructions - replacement traffic for tram lines 4 and 6
The accident caused considerable traffic obstructions.
The Steinbühler Unterführung / Untere Mentergasse area is closed, reported the Nuremberg fire brigade.
The VAG Nuremberg operations supervisor switched off the power to the overhead line.
However, the repair work is expected to continue into the late afternoon.
According to VAG, replacement services with buses and taxis have already been set up for tram lines 4 and 6.
For the rest of the traffic, the Steinbühler underpass is initially closed in both directions.
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