Leave The Schalbroekstraat in Lummen remains still the whole day ended after a serious road accident Monday morning. In a turn it stops a car at a elektriciteitsspaal. That mental breakdown, making the whole street full of rubble and debris lay.

The accident happened about half past six, just at the height of the junction with the Belokenstraat. The driver began a still unclear reason to slip. His car slipped in the road shoulder, and bounce back against a concrete utility pole. The blow was so fierce that the entire pole with the power lines and cables of television distribution against the ground. A parked car was damaged by the debris flying around. Neighbors were startled awake by the loud blow, and beat immediately alarm to the emergency services. Some of them warned in addition to the upcoming traffic. By accident was the whole street, after all, full of power cables under tension, and debris.

All-day detour

fire zone South-West of Limburg rushed on the spot to the driver to free. This was the door of his car to be cut. The young man from Linkhout at Lummen was eventually injured to the hospital, but his condition had not criticism. It appears the omgereden pole is difficult to replace. Rubble clearance and the repair of the pipes will probably still take a whole day. The local police Limburg Region Capital closed the Schalbroekstraat local for traffic. The municipality now has a local detour is set between Lummen and Linkhout.