Car slips on tracks: Fire brigade use in Mainz causes disorders!
Car slips on tracks: Fire brigade use in Mainz causes disorders!
On Wednesday evening, an unusual incident in Mainz caused considerable traffic disruptions. The fire brigade and police were alerted when a car had strayed from the road on Wormser Strasse and slipped into the track bed of the Deutsche Bahn. The exact circumstances that led to this incident are so far unclear.
The emergency call reached the fire brigade control center around 5 p.m. The railway line between Mainz-Roman Theater and Mainz-Schenau was immediately closed. In addition to the fire brigade's emergency services, rescue workers and the emergency manager of the Deutsche Bahn also arrived at the scene
train traffic interrupted
Fortunately, both occupants of the vehicle were able to free themselves from the car, and at the time of the incident there was no train on the route. First aiders took over the care of the occupants until the emergency services arrived. Fortunately, the two remained intact, which is not always the case in such situations. The fire brigade immediately secured the scene of the accident against flowing traffic to avoid further incidents.The rapid processing and recovery of the vehicle had high priority in view of the blocked tracks. With the help of a winch, the car finally managed to pull the car out of the track bed. During this work, Wormser Straße was completely closed at short notice, which led to further traffic disruptions.
The rapid reaction of the emergency services and the professional procedure of the fire brigade and the police prevented worse and ensured that the traffic could be normalized again as soon as possible. For further current information on this incident, See the report on merkurist.de .
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