Boat sinks on Red River, parents and child die

A serious boat sinking on the Red River occurred in Thai Binh, causing four people in a family to be thrown into the river.

At about 3:30 p.m. on July 4, a serious waterway accident occurred on the Red River through Hong Ly commune (Vu Thu district, Thai Binh province).

The ship NB 2434, piloted by Mr. Tran Van Tuan (born in 1975, in Kenh Ga village, Gia Thinh commune, Gia Vien district, Ninh Binh province), collided with the ship NB 6913, captained by Mr. Pham Van Hien (born in 1990, in Trung Phong commune, Truong Yen district, Ninh Binh) traveling in the same direction.

The collision caused Mr. Tran Van Tuan (born in 1975), Ms. Tran Thi Hai (born in 1977, Mr. Tuan's wife) and 2 children, Tran Van Duy (8 years old), Tran Thi Dao (2 years old, all from Kenh Ga village, Gia Thinh commune, Gia Vien district) on ship NB 2434 to go missing.

The river where the incident happened

Immediately after the incident, the authorities of Thai Binh province were present at the scene to search and rescue. At 9:40 p.m. the same day, Mr. Tuan's body was found, but it was not until 7:30 a.m. this morning that the authorities found the bodies of Ms. Hai and Tran Thi Dao.

Mr. Tran Huy Hai, Chairman of Vu Thu District People's Committee, said that the ship carrying about 80 tons of rock and clinker was moving downstream on the river. The location of the sinking was about 400m from Huu Bi ferry terminal, Vu Thu district.

Mr. Hoang Hong Giang, Director of the Vietnam Inland Waterways Administration (Ministry of Transport), said: The initial cause of the accident was determined to be that the NB 2434 ship was carrying rocks at high speed to overtake two larger ships (NB 6661 and NB 6913) traveling in the same direction.

Due to the reverse current, ship NB 2434 could not control the situation, crashed into ship NB 6661 and sank instantly.

Mr. Khuat Viet Hung directed the search for the remaining victims in the shipwreck.

Mr. Hoang Hong Giang said: According to regulations, with ship NB 2434, only crew members are allowed on board, but in reality this is a family including women and children, so when an accident occurs, the consequences are very tragic.

"This is an alarming reality because it is very difficult to predict what will happen to the family on the ship when an accident happens," said Mr. Giang.

Mr. Khuat Viet Hung, Vice Chairman of the National Traffic Safety Committee, was present at the scene to direct rescue forces to search for the last victim, Tran Van Duy.

Thai Binh Provincial Police are coordinating with relevant agencies to mobilize forces to continue searching for missing people and investigating the cause of this serious waterway accident.

According to Vietnamnet