On Wednesday the Regensburg traffic police carried out truck controls on the A3 at Laaber.
Corrosive substances dripped from the loading area of a vehicle.
Laaber - On Wednesday morning (November 17th) the heavy load control group of the Regensburg traffic police * carried out routine truck controls on the A3 near Laaber.
When the vehicles were checked, several violations of driving and rest times were found, according to a report.
The load securing and the regulations for the transport of danger were also violated.
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Laaber: The police found significant deficiencies in the transport of dangerous goods
In one case, a 57-year-old truck driver from the Regensburg district * was stopped.
He transported various remains of dangerous goods openly on the loading area.
The officials found that several packages were already damaged, so that corrosive substances dripped from the loading area onto the street.
Rescue workers from the Laaber and Frauenberg volunteer fire brigades have caught the environmentally hazardous substances.
A specialist company then properly disposed of the hazardous substances.
The driver, the loader and the company involved now have several criminal and administrative offense reports.
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