Giant wind turbine collapses in northern Sweden; no one hurt

A 230-meter (755 feet) tall wind turbine in Arctic Sweden came crashing down on sw during weekend as high winds swept across region, officials said Monday. one was injured.

Maria Roske, chief executive of windmill operator WPD, told local rran newspaper that re were construction workers on site when incident happened.

She ded that she believed it was first time such an incident took place in Sweden.

white tower, bles and turbine, built by Denmark-based group Vestas, collapsed Saturday evening near remote small town of Skelleftea. It was part of a planned 72-wind mill farm with some of power plants intended to start operating in December.

It was t clear wher collapsed wind mill was working or wher it was under construction at time of collapse. Roske told rran that Vestas will investigate collapse because group built wind turbine. with Vestas, which is manufacturer. It’s ir power plant, ir turbine.