Storm on Krk Bridge: Caravan Left Hanging Over the Abyss

A caravan with a family from Bavaria was nearly blown off the bridge to the island of Krk in Croatia due to wind gusts up to 192 km/h. The driver claims he did not see warning signs prohibiting trailers from crossing, while many onlookers filmed the incident instead of offering help.

Police fined a 46-year-old German driver whose caravan collided with the guardrail of the Krk Bridge in stormy winds. The incident occurred at 14:35 when the driver violated a traffic ban for vehicles with trailers, causing an accident and a full road closure for 1 hour and 43 minutes.

Storm winds overturned a motorhome on the bridge connecting the Croatian island of Krk to the mainland. The incident and wind gusts up to 172 km/h led to a complete closure of the bridge, with restrictions also applied to trucks with trailers and vans.

Strong winds lifted a caravan on the Krk Bridge in Croatia, leaving it suspended 40 meters high. The incident occurred on April 1 when wind gusts reached 172 km/h, and trailer transit was prohibited. The 1430-meter bridge was temporarily closed for rescue operations.

A caravan was blown off the bridge connecting the mainland to the island of Krk by bora wind gusts reaching 172 km/h. Rescue services returned the trailer to the roadway and towed it away, after which traffic on the bridge resumed. The driver of the van towing the caravan violated a ban on such vehicles crossing the bridge, which was imposed due to the storm-force winds.

Recovery services returned to the roadway a caravan that was left hanging over 40 meters high on the bridge connecting the mainland to the island of Krk due to wind gusts up to 172 km/h. The driver of the van towing the trailer ignored the authorities' ban on bridge transit for vehicles with caravans under high wind conditions. The recovery operation was hampered by ongoing wind gusts, and traffic on the bridge resumed after its completion.