Adventsgasse in Basel Concrete mixer crashes into several stalls
A traffic accident in Rheingasse in Basel ended relatively lightly. A concrete mixer weighing several tons crashed into several stalls. The driver was taken to hospital.
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- A truck crashed into several stalls in the Adventsgasse in Basel.
- The driver of the concrete mixer had to be taken to hospital. There were no other injuries.
- Specialists from the Basel-Stadt traffic police are investigating the exact circumstances of the accident.
A traffic accident occurred in Rheingasse in Basel on Wednesday morning. A truck drove into several stalls on Adventsgasse, according to the Basel-Stadt cantonal police. The driver of the truck had to be taken to Basel University Hospital. Fortunately, no other people were injured.
According to the initial findings of the Basel-Stadt traffic police, the truck rolled through Rheingasse coming from Greifengasse. It hit a trailer of a market stall and then rolled into three other market stalls and the wall of a building there. Specialists from the traffic police are investigating the exact circumstances of the accident.
The professional fire department of the Basel-Stadt rescue service was called in to secure the scene of the accident. The truck had to be removed by a towing company. According to the investigations so far, the accident was not intentional.