Overview
- Police said the 49-year-old was filling a wheelbarrow through a small hatch when the truck’s large loading door opened and dumped hot material on him.
- Co-workers dug him out with shovels and rescuers flew him from a local hospital to a specialist burn clinic for advanced care.
- A second worker who joined the rescue suffered minor injuries and received treatment.
- Ravensburg police opened a formal case with the public prosecutor and appointed an expert to determine the technical cause of the door failure.
- Hot asphalt can burn through skin and muscle in seconds, which is why severe cases are moved to burn centers that can manage infection risk and skin grafts.