On a hockeyterrein in Mole tonight, 20 people injured in an incident with a power line during the kampioenenviering of a hockey club. “Eight of them have the hospital in the meantime to leave”, says mayor Wim Caeyers (CD&V). “Three victims have been transferred to the burns unit of the ZNA Stuivenberg for specialist support.” According to Elijah, is it a 150 kV high voltage power line.
Saturday went to 18 hours a hockey game in the U19 girls hockey club Inter Mol. When the home team won and the title grabbed, were there to celebrate streamers in the air shot. “That touched on the very unfortunate way the power lines above the site,” says mayor Caeyers. “As a result, the electricity was down, led by the iron fences around the grounds to the cafeteria, where the cabinet looks like it was beaten.”
People in the vicinity of the fence, were, were affected by the stroominslag. Initially were fourteen persons, mainly spectators, transported to the hospitals of Mol and Geel. In total, twenty people included in the two hospitals, eight of them are Saturday night back at home. When three victims, specialized help in the ZNA Stuivenberg necessary.
Traumatic
“Together with the Medical intervention plan was also DSI of the Red Cross enabled”, reports the municipality of Mol. “This service Urgent Social Intervention was concerned with the spectators and the players who are uninjured kept the traumatic scene experiences. DSI ensures the next few days the necessary aftercare, where they will be present during a meeting of the affected youth squad.”
The damage to the clubhouse is significant, says Bart Van Bruggen, trainer at HC Inter Mol. The club has decided to on Sunday scheduled league games on a understated way to proceed.