Timber lorry drove into the high-voltage
A timber lorry has driven into a high-voltage cable in the vicinity of Torsby in Värmland. The accident occurred just before lunch.
– the Driver says that the high voltage connection is hanging down over the car and down on the ground. He seated himself in the vehicle, ” says Ola Nilsson, president-team leader at SOS Alarm in sweden to TT.
Emergency services are on site, but can not intervene until it has received confirmation that the electricity to the high voltage connection is turned off. As a result of the accident, around 1 500 households in Torsby been without power, writes P4 Värmland.
