Cologne –
In an accident at a road construction site in Cologne-Deutz, a worker was critically injured on Wednesday (March 3rd). According to a police spokesman, the man was hit by a falling steel plate in a building pit that morning.
- Accident on construction site on Cologne’s Theodor-Hürth-Straße
- Colleagues freed the victim
- Cologne police on site
The construction site is on Theodor-Hürth-Straße. According to initial information, the victim is a 51-year-old man. Two other workers were slightly injured – one of them had to watch everything and is currently receiving psychological care.
Accident on construction site in Cologne: steel plate apparently moved
The fire brigade was alerted by construction workers at 7:26 a.m. They reported that a steel plate had fallen – and a colleague was lying under it.
“When the emergency services arrived, the workers had already freed the man and provided first aid,” says defense spokesman Ulrich Laschet. Accordingly, the workers reanimated their colleague.
Because the victim was lying in a pit one meter deep, a fire brigade arming train with the necessary technical equipment and the rescue workers arrived. Only in this way could the critically injured man be rescued from the depths.
The 51-year-old was immediately taken to the hospital, where the doctors continue to fight for his life.