The accident occurred around 11 o’clock. “The driver of the van apparently did not manage to drive and in a right-hand bend he drove the vehicle into the trough of the tributary of the pond,” police spokeswoman Eva Michalíková described the carom.
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“The police will now investigate the cause and circumstances of the accident,” she added.
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The delivery in the Opava region ended in the drive
Photo: Fire and Rescue Service of the Moravian-Silesian Region
The injured driver was helped out by people who were nearby, the car was submerged in water and mud up to the windows by firefighters with the help of special equipment – a rescue special MB Actros Bizon, a Demag / Terex truck crane and a mobile car workshop.
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The delivery in the Opava region ended in the drive
Photo: Fire and Rescue Service of the Moravian-Silesian Region
“Until her arrival, the crashed van was held afloat by a rope from a fire tank winch. The bison caught the van with a rope from a strong winch, and the truck crane lifted the vehicle lightly with its shoulder. The winch from the bison then pulled the van out of the water along a slight slope, “Petr Kůdela, a spokesman for the Moravian-Silesian firefighters, described the event.
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The delivery in the Opava region ended in the drive
Photo: Fire and Rescue Service of the Moravian-Silesian Region
He added that firefighters used several kilograms of absorbent sorbent to remove dirt and leaked operating fluids into the water. “There was a risk of contamination of trout nurseries, where the water from the drive flowed,” he explained.
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The delivery in the Opava region ended in the drive
Photo: Fire and Rescue Service of the Moravian-Silesian Region