Cologne –
Dramatic scenes took place on Saturday, May 8, near the Cologne-East motorway junction. An apparently suicidal woman kept the fire brigade and police in suspense. As a police spokesman announced on Sunday, May 9th, in response to an EXPRESS request, the A3 had to be temporarily closed.
- Rescue mission on Cologne motorway
- Woman puts her life in danger
- A3 closed near Kreuz Köln-Ost
According to reports from the fire brigade, several calls were received at the control center at around 4.45 p.m. A person was reported who is on a high-voltage pylon in the Höhenhaus district and continues to climb.
Cologne police: A3 blocked because of life-threatening climbing action
Fire fighters rushed to the spot under the key word “person threatens to jump”. The woman was 20 meters high and kept climbing.
Because the whole thing happened within sight of the motorway, the police initiated a partial closure of the motorway.
Before the height rescuers could climb the mast, the power had to be turned off. According to the fire brigade, this turned out to be difficult because the mast with three horizontally arranged pipelines is used by several operators.
Cologne fire brigade: Rescuers near the A3 in action
Before all the technical systems could be switched off, the obviously confused person climbed down to just below the lowest route without assistance. There it was secured by the emergency services at a height of about 30 meters. We then went downstairs together with an aerial rescue vehicle.