Cranes and crews worked into the late hours Tuesday to remove a 68-ton wind turbine section that fell onto Pueblo Boulevard. The roadway was closed most of the day between Hollywood Drive and Vinewood Lane.
Cranes and crews worked into the late hours Tuesday to remove a 68-ton wind turbine section that fell onto Pueblo Boulevard. The roadway was closed most of the day between Hollywood Drive and Vinewood Lane.
The 68-ton turbine section wasn't secured to the semitrailer
Cranes and crews worked into the late hours Tuesday to remove a 68-ton wind turbine section that fell onto Pueblo Boulevard.
The roadway was closed most of the day between Hollywood Drive and Vinewood Lane.
No one was injured in the 9:30 a.m. incident.
"These loads (136,000 pounds) are carried very low to the ground and it appears that one end of the tower section struck the pavement, causing it to move. It rolled, with the trailer, to the right and came to rest on the pavement, while still attached to the trailer," a Pueblo police press release said.
The cause of the accident appears to center around two rear cables that weren't secured to the load, which keeps it from …
... more [truncated due to possible copyright] The 68-ton turbine section wasn't secured to the semitrailer
Cranes and crews worked into the late hours Tuesday to remove a 68-ton wind turbine section that fell onto Pueblo Boulevard.
The roadway was closed most of the day between Hollywood Drive and Vinewood Lane.
No one was injured in the 9:30 a.m. incident.
"These loads (136,000 pounds) are carried very low to the ground and it appears that one end of the tower section struck the pavement, causing it to move. It rolled, with the trailer, to the right and came to rest on the pavement, while still attached to the trailer," a Pueblo police press release said.
The cause of the accident appears to center around two rear cables that weren't secured to the load, which keeps it from moving, the release said.