“One of many entrance tires hit one thing on the highway inflicting it to pop and I misplaced management of the car and it overturned”. That is what the 60-year-old driver of the tanker which was engulfed in flames final night time on the seventy fifth kilometer of the Athens-Corinth Nationwide Highway on the peak of the Isthmus, because of which the visitors was stopped for a number of hours, is claimed to have been supported by the Hearth Division officers.
The 50-year-old was injured and brought to the Corinth hospital. He was formally arrested and the general public prosecutor was knowledgeable, with a verbal order, and he was launched, whereas the Site visitors Police, which is conducting the preliminary investigation, has appointed a particular professional who will give an opinion on whether or not the diversion of the tanker and its overturning was certainly as a result of “flat” tire.
It’s price noting that blood assessments are anticipated to be carried out on the motive force of the tanker to find out any alcohol or drug use, whereas in accordance with EL.AS sources there was no ban on the motion of tankers on the Nationwide Freeway on the time of the accident.
On the level of Staikouras and Chrysochoidis
Crews additionally proceeded to demolish the flyover on the peak of the Isthmus on Saturday morning, because it was broken by a fireplace after a tanker overturned on Friday night time on the seventy fifth kilometer of the Athens-Corinth Nationwide Freeway.
The Minister of Infrastructure and Transport Christos Staikouras and the Minister of Citizen Safety Michalis Chrysochoidis have been current on the scene and acknowledged that an investigation has been launched to determine the precise circumstances below which the accident occurred. Because of the accident, the Nationwide Freeway was closed for a number of hours and tons of of vehicles have been stranded. The truth is, messages have been additionally despatched from the emergency quantity 112 warning of lengthy delays.
A short time in the past, a brand new 112 was issued, as visitors is at present being delayed on the brand new Nationwide Highway close to the tipping level of the tanker, within the stream from Athens to Corinth, as much as the purpose of the collision, with the presence of heavy visitors and the automobiles to maneuver extra in 3 visitors lanes to alleviate the visitors movement in the direction of Corinth.
The Site visitors additionally recommends that the voters, whose exit takes place usually, depart a little bit later to their locations and the drivers transferring within the present of the diversion to point out warning as a result of with the other visitors movement as a separator are the cones. Site visitors is predicted to movement extra simply within the coming hours.
Site visitors suggestions
In any case, drivers can use each choices given by the Site visitors, i.e. each the route of the response and the route from the Loutraki junction, whereas from tomorrow morning the visitors shall be significantly better because the removing works of the mainly, residents can journey to vote usually.
Yesterday after extinguishing the fireplace and after the fireplace brigades accomplished the soaking at round 11 pm on Friday and poured a particular extinguishing liquid, the Deputy Minister of Infrastructure Nikos Tahiaos approached the location with a workforce of engineers from the ministry who began assessing the state of affairs on the flyover and from the evaluation of static that came about, it was determined to open a little bit later and to provide visitors from Corinth to Athens.
On the similar time, on the stream from Athens to Corinth, the flyover was discovered to have been broken by the fireplace and the excessive temperatures that developed and because of this the precise part remained closed and it was determined to divert visitors and that the a part of the flyover that’s positioned ought to be eliminated instantly over the descending department to the Isthmus. Because of the works, the present of the brand new Nationwide Highway from Athens to Corinth will stay closed on the level for just a few days.
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