This Monday, February 24, an exceptional convoy transporting a 165-ton boiler overturned on the Gabriel-Fauré bridge, in Jarville-la-Malgrange, in the metropolis of Greater Nancy. The 22-year-old driver, who works for the Wack company in Rohrbach-lès-Bitche, in Moselle, was injured in the head.
The partially overturned oversized load of 30 meters in length, 6.5 meters in width, 7.5 meters in height and weighing 165 tons will be released with a special truck crane in the coming days. The boiler is secured for the time being against falling from the bridge. According to Metropolis, the bridge rails could carry 300 tons.
According to Jarville Mayor Vincent Matheron, who met on site, it appears that the crane will finally arrive at the site by Thursday.
Afternoon Jarville Mayor Vincent Matheron confirmed the arrival of two cranes, normally tomorrow, on Wednesday! So things really evolved during the day.
Why the two cranes? A second crane is needed to assemble the first crane because it will arrive in the form of a construction site with separate elements.
His origin? Belgium next door.
According to the latest information, a 1200-ton capacity crane or two 700-ton capacity cranes will have to be called to the action. However, France does not have such heavy car cranes, they will be supplied from abroad.
The cause of the accident:
After yesterday's visit to the site, the director of the Rohrbach-lès-Bitche (Moselle) transport company Pierre Wack can explain the causes of the accident.
“We had only one possible way to deliver our boiler. But because it included a bridge after which Grand Nancy banned exceptional convoys, our client had to install a metal bridge. And it happened that the left part of this bridge fell very quickly by fifty centimeters, balancing the whole thing. This is not a material failure or a driver's error, but rather this collapse of only one part of the bridge.
Driver's information:
Behind the wheel of a tractor was a 22-year-old driver who caused a head injury while jumping out of the cabin and required a hospital stay.
When the truck began to roll over Monday, the 22-year-old driver jumped out of the passenger's door to escape. He returned home the day after the accident.
"He has five stitches, he's in shock, but he's fine," reassures Pierre Wack, director of the transport company of the same name hired for this convoy.
The behavior of his employee is highlighted: "He did a perfect job from start to finish, he made no driving errors, drove at the right speed and above all had an incredible reflex to go the opposite way." Because there was a real threat that the ban would not hold and everything would fall into the water. We were really lucky. "
Source; Estrepublicain
