Christine Animal Posted June 30, 2012 Share Posted June 30, 2012 Yesterday a fourteen ton lorry went through the security barrier on the Ile d'Oléron bridge and fell seven metres below landing on its "feet" with the driver unhurt. Luckily the tide was going out and he ended up in the mud.http://poitou-charentes.france3.fr/info/un-camion-tombe-du-pont-de-l-ile-d-oleron-74729643.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YCCMB Posted June 30, 2012 Share Posted June 30, 2012 OMG...Lucky guy! I bet that caused some tailbacks.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cendrillon Posted July 1, 2012 Share Posted July 1, 2012 "En revanche, cet accident a provoqué d'importants embouteillages en fin d'après-midi et dans la soirée de vendredi pour entrer ou sortir de l'île.Les 100 litres de gasoil que contenait le camion ont causé un début de pollution, nettoyée par la cellule anti-pollution des sapeurs-pompiers, à l'aide d'une pompe aspirante avant la marée montante."Tailbacks a plenty as you said Betty. A lucky escape for the driver but what a mess to clear up. Recently there have been several bad even fatal accidents on the bridge to the Ile de Ré. Front page headline in Sud-Ouest the other day said the worst thing about the Ile de Ré is the bridge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybanana Posted July 1, 2012 Share Posted July 1, 2012 Great Bobo in a bucket, how did he manage to do that, wind? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YCCMB Posted July 1, 2012 Share Posted July 1, 2012 I might have qualified what I meant when I said "I bet that caused some tailbacks" by explaining that, when in France, I live just off the main Oleron road.. Even on a good day, with no lorries dropping off the bridge, the tailbacks can be pretty impressive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christine Animal Posted July 1, 2012 Author Share Posted July 1, 2012 [quote user="woolybanana"] Great Bobo in a bucket, how did he manage to do that, wind?[/quote] The driver says he lost control, but can't remember how or why. He says he's been driving for thirty-six years and it's his first accident! The lorry was loaded with post to be sorted at Périgny and that was also miraculously saved. http://www.sudouest.fr/2012/07/01/le-chauffeur-temoigne-758614-1391.php Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patf Posted July 1, 2012 Share Posted July 1, 2012 I've just googled it, and it's a long viaduct, rather than a bridge, huge!You wouldn't get me driving over it . That driver must have fallen asleep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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