Tag: World War II bomb

Construction Equipment

Excavator hits WWII bomb in Germany; explosion kills operator, injures 13 more

The operator of an excavator in Euskirchen, Germany was killed Friday by the blast of a buried World War II bomb. The operator was crushing rubble on a disposal site used by a local construction firm, according to a report from Bild.de. The bucket of the machine hit the bomb, resulting in an explosion so large […]

January 6, 2014