Two people slightly injured, three cars damaged. It could have been far worse when a thick cable fell on the A3 on Tuesday. The backgrounds.
Photo: Thomas Obermeier
The morning after the high-voltage line broke and the A3 incident occurred, the ends of the approximately three centimeter-thick cable are still in the hallway on the outskirts of Kist (district of Wrzburg). On Tuesday lunchtime, drivers were unfortunate that the falling line only led to property damage and minor injuries in two people. But how did the incident come about?
Since March, operator Tennet has been carrying out maintenance work on a 120-kilometer-long high-voltage line between Raitersaich in the district of Frth and Aschaffenburg, a company spokesman said on request. In doing so, cables and insulators would be replaced in sections. “A standard work,” as the spokesman emphasizes, that Tennet has given to a German company that is “very experienced in the market”.
“That can’t happen.”
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On Tuesday, the workers would have pulled in so-called roller lines, a common security system that is supposed to ensure that the cables can be dismantled safely. The line was suddenly torn. “That must not happen,” said the Tennet spokesman. “We don’t know the reason yet.”
Construction work was stopped
The trade inspectorate wants to determine the cause of the government of Lower Franconia. A government official had already been there on Tuesday, said a government spokeswoman. The final inspection is not yet available to the trade inspectorate. For the duration of the investigation, the work on the affected construction site was stopped, said the spokeswoman. According to Tennet, these should originally have lasted two weeks.
High-voltage line at Kist falls to A3
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The fact that the incident on Tuesday could have been much more dramatic is shown not only by the damage to the cars that were hit by the cable on the A3: under the torn cable, there are also some fields and paths used by walkers alongside the motorway. In the municipal area, Tennet erected wooden protective barley when setting up the construction site to prevent the cables from touching the ground when they were replaced.
Meanwhile, the ends of the broken line will remain unchanged in the hallway until the investigation is finished, Tennet said. No electricity flows there of course. According to the company spokesman, it was turned off before the work began.
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