The cause of the sand ship crash into the Hoang River bridge has been investigated.

Regarding the collapse of the Hoang River bridge over the Yen River in Quang Trung commune, Quang Xuong district, which completely isolated hundreds of households on both sides of the Yen River, on the afternoon of July 21, Lieutenant Colonel Nguyen Tien Dung, Deputy Head of Quang Xuong District Police, said: The district police have investigated and clarified the cause of the Hoang River bridge collapse.

Accordingly, the cause of the bridge collapse was that the sand-carrying ship (made of cement) owned by Mr. Pham Tien Hung (41 years old), in Quang Trung commune, Quang Xuong district, broke its mooring rope and drifted freely, crashing into the foot of the bridge, causing 4 spans of the bridge to collapse into the river, dragging the sand-carrying ship down right under the foot of the bridge.

Scene of the bridge collapse.

At that time, a woman riding a motorbike on the bridge fell into the river and was rescued by local people and taken to the hospital for emergency treatment.

It is known that this ship is currently unregistered and uninspected. It was arrested by Quang Xuong District Police and fined 15 million VND for illegal sand mining on June 26, 2017.

When the accident happened, the boat driven by Duong Dinh Hung (39 years old), from Thieu Duong commune, Thanh Hoa city, was carrying about 20m³ of sand.

Authorities arranged for people to cross a temporary bridge.

Immediately after the incident, the Waterway Police Department, the Department of Transport Inspectorate and the Quang Xuong District Police quickly arrived at the scene to coordinate with local authorities to set up barricades warning of danger on both sides of the bridge. At the same time, they regulated and guided traffic and arranged for people to cross the temporary bridge.

According to CAND