Even an experienced geologist is shocked by the rock masses in Steyr. danger persists. Those affected are now staying with relatives or in an inn.
On the day after the tragedy in Steyr in which two excavator drivers (aged 31 and 64) lost their lives, geologist Günter Moser dared to climb the fallen slope for the first time. “I climbed the wall and walked up the slope. The main mass is already on its way, but there is still a great danger,” Moser said in an interview with “Krone” on Thursday afternoon.
expert shocked
Several boulders, each more than 100 cubic meters in size, thundered down on Wednesday and buried the two workers from Carinthia. “An excavator has been torn into several parts, the drivers are still trapped under the chunks. I have seen terrible things that will stay with me for a long time,” even the experienced geologist is shocked.
Everything locked
A salvage of the corpses is still too dangerous, when this can happen is still completely unclear. It is certain that the police closed the road until the final assessment of the accident site and issued an official parking ban.
Victim was at home
The house of Annemarie Moser (82) is also affected. She was inside when the landslide happened Wednesday and was trapped in the kitchen by the chunks. She is now staying with her family. Grandson Jürgen Wieser (18) says: “I used to play in the garden there, but now it doesn’t really exist anymore. Hard to believe that my grandmother was home when the accident happened. Fortunately, she is unharmed and she takes the whole situation calmly on.” Four other residents are temporarily staying in the Christkindlwirt “That’s what neighbors are for,” says boss Georg Baumgartner.
The question of guilt must be clarified
It may be some time before the families are allowed to return to their homes. “Days, if not weeks, go by,” Moser suspects. After all, you have to look for a medium and long-term solution to safely remove the huge chunks. The question of guilt must also be clarified. “The excavator operators were very unlucky. The rock lay exactly on an old fault site. Freeze and thaw weather in recent days played a negative role,” says Moser.
As usual with fatal accidents, the Steyr public prosecutor’s office will start criminal proceedings for negligent manslaughter, initially against unknown persons. But we are still at the beginning.
Source: Krone
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