Willebroek In the Joseph the Blockstraat in Tisselt at Willebroek is dinsdagvoormiddag a 56-year-old man to life come. The cyclist died when he crashed with his bike and in a werfput of about three metres deep ended up. The werfput was closed with gates and ribbons, the exact circumstances are being investigated further.

The man in his fifties was allegedly just tiles going to order from building Materials Willy Clymans. When he again returned home wanted to drive, it went dramatically wrong. In the Joseph the Blockstraat there are currently roadworks. The municipality is together with nutsmaatschappij Pidpa improvment to the sewer and the roadway to the run. Workers were today busy with the installation of a pumping system.

Equilibrium is lost?

At the height of the werfput for the pump system is lost, the cyclist presumably his balance when he came across a mound of sand reed. Because of this, he overturned and he ended up in the werfput which is about three metres deep. “I saw him hit and have on several occasions called to stop and his bike off”, tells a worker that the accident saw this happen. “But it has not any income. This image I will never forget.” The worker tried to get the first and took the victim in his arms. “There was water in the pit. I had fear that he would otherwise drown”, sounds the yet.