When driving, you must pay attention to traffic signs and the height of the vehicles with which you travel and the height of walkways on the roads. This omission caused a tremendous accident in the Canary Islandsspecifically in Tenerifewhere the driver of a truck the newly placed pedestrian walkway of access to the future Zone of Charcos de vallesecoin Santa Cruz of Tenerife.
The Port Authority from Santa Cruz de Tenerife shared with a shocking video on his Facebook profile, which shows how a truck ran over the high-rise structure last Thursday, February 16.
He incident It took place around 3:00 p.m. on this Thursday, February 16, and the catwalk had been placed on the night of Wednesday, February 15. Due to the detachment of the structure, the Port Authority was forced to close the service road to traffic for an hour and a half, approximately, until all the destroyed material was removed.
Fortunately there have been no personal injuriesas reported from Ports of Tenerife: “A few minutes ago a truck jumped the gauge control, set at 4.30 meters, in the vicinity of the Valleseco works, which caused the footbridge placed last night to fall off.”
The aforementioned body indicates that there are three “redundant” signals, that is to say, with the same message, that it has vertical signs of the maximum height allowed and the corresponding signs of works and, therefore, of “caution in the area”. They are located at the height of the old Musa (gauge control), at the entrance to the service road tunnel, and in the vicinity of the Valleseco work. “This signaling was approved by the corresponding health and safety coordinators of the work and the Port Authority.” Despite everything, announces Puertos de Tenerife, work has already begun on a new “more reinforced” proposal, which will be implemented before the next formwork is assembled.
Regarding gauge control, the Port Authority He comments that trucks that exceed 4.30 meters must access the highway and not the service road, which is what has happened in this case.
