12.07.2021 - VN24 - Tipper truck out of control - tire blew out on A445 highway

VN24 - 12.07.2021 - Werl / Germany - A tire blowout on the left front wheel of the tractor apparently caused a serious accident. The 57-year-old driver was driving a tipper trailer northbound on the A445 freeway when the tire burst on his Volvo tractor unit between the Wickede Ruhr junction and the Werl freeway intersection (A44 / A445). The truck drifted from the right lane across the left lane and crashed into a concrete middle barrier, with the trailer initially tipping to the left and then falling to the right onto its side. The tank burst when the truck hit the concrete wall, spilling around 200 liters of diesel onto the road. The trailer lost its load of gravel. The recovery work and the clean-up of the road lasted until late at night. The driver was taken to hospital with minor injuries.
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