“I can’t stress enough how fortunate the driver was to walk away unharmed”.
An urgent safety message has been issued after a tipper lorry collided with overhead power lines in Lancashire. Electricity North West engineers were called to a site in Skelmersdale earlier this month, and said the driver was lucky to be alive. As well as impacting the power network, the current from the 33,000-volt lines travelled through the vehicle bursting three tyres. Fortunately, no injuries were sustained, and engineers attended quickly to make the network safe.
” After the incident, Electricity North West engineers investigated the overhead lines and found they were fully compliant with safety and engineering standards. Following this incident the network operator has reiterated its safety advice for everyone, to look out look up and stay away from the electricity network. Paul added: “I urge people to take note of our yellow ‘danger of death’ signs on our electricity poles, pylons, and substations.
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