Mobile fiber optic cable fell on the road
The 15 Freeway in Victorville was shut down for about an hour as crews worked to remove a large fiber optic cable that fell onto traffic lanes after being knocked loose by a construction vehicle on Wednesday morning. In a tragic incident on Saturday, a 23-year-old techie in Bengaluru lost his life after being run over by a BMTC bus near Kundalahalli. Learn crucial steps from securing the area, reporting damage, to staying informed about potential hazards. Fiber-optic cables are the backbone of modern connectivity—powering 5G networks, global internet backbones, and data center interconnections with near-light-speed data transmission. A motorcycle rider and his school-going son fell on the road after their bike reportedly got caught in a bunch of low-hanging fibre optic cables.
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