– We didn’t know how to behave. This is 42 tons, a rather difficult topic to deal with – says the operator of the crane that lifted burned tanks on the A6 motorway. During the first attempt to lift the machine, one of the ropes to which the tank was attached broke. The works were completed only after several hours.
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The accident on the A6 motorway in Szczecin took place on Saturday before 12.00 – During a military convoy, two tow trucks and platforms carrying tanks were collided. As a result of two tanks collapsed and caught fire – Ewelina Gryszpan from the City Police Headquarters in Szczecin informed.
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The firefighters managed to put out the burning machines at around 12.20 pm on Saturday. However, it did not end there. The burned tanks and a tow truck had to be taken away. As it turned out, it was also a very difficult task.
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– Stress, because we didn’t know how to take it. When we arrived, it turned out that the tank was half-tracked on a trailer. We didn’t know how to behave. This is 42 tons, a rather difficult topic to deal with – says operator Adam Kotowicz from MK Dźwigi Szczecin.
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He adds that they had to “split” the tank from the tow truck and take another tank, which was almost vertical after the collision.
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– We did not know how to behave, and the possibility was that if it fell, it could also fall off the viaduct – says the operator.
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Raising the tank. Recordings from the crane operator’s cabin 20.06 | During the first attempt to lift the machine, one of the ropes on which the tank was attached broke. The works were not finished until Sunday morning. Adam Kotowicz, MK Dźwigi Szczecin
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The first attempt to lift the crane was around 9pm on Saturday. One of the machines was hooked up, but when an attempt was made to lift it, one of the ropes broke. The tank rose a few centimeters, but fell. Nothing happened to anyone.
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Eventually, around 10 pm, the tank was lifted, and it went to the barracks of the 5th Engineering Regiment in Podjuchy in Szczecin. After a few hours, the second machine was also towed away. The operators finished their work after 3 o’clock.
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The road was still cleaned for the next hours. The A6 motorway towards Kołbaskowo was unblocked only at 9 o’clock on Sunday.
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The first attempt to lift the tank ended in breaking the ropeTVN24
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Tanks were transported from the training ground
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The causes of Saturday’s accident are explained by the Military Police. According to preliminary findings, one of the tow trucks, which was driving in front, was to brake sharply, then the other one ran over it.
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Major Artur Pinkowski, the press spokesman of the 11th Lubuska Armored Cavalry Division earlier said that the tanks took part in the training camp in Drawsko Pomorskie on June 4-18. They were transported to the parent unit – 34th Armored Cavalry Brigade in Żagań.
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Major Pinkowski added that the tanks were transported by soldiers of the 10th Logistics Brigade from Opole on low-loader sets. Two sets collided and as a result of the collision, one tow truck was burned, and two tanks were damaged by a fire.
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Burned tankKuba Zakrzewski
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Tanks managed to be put outKuba Zakrzewski
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photo-source">Main photo source: Adam Kotowicz, MK Dźwigi Szczecin
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