Dozens of people rescued a container that 'climbed' onto the railway at night in Nghe An

Red Sea February 9, 2020 07:20

(Baonghean.vn) - The tractor trailer suddenly swerved to the right, breaking more than 40 meters of guardrail, then lying across the railway at night.

The railway accident occurred at 0:10 a.m. on February 9 on the North-South railway, passing through Dien Truong commune, Dien Chau district.

At the above time, the tractor with license plate 15C - 138.38 pulling a container with license plate 15R - 082.09 traveling from Hanoi to Vinh, when reaching a position near Cam Bao bridge, suddenly veered to the right, breaking more than 40 meters of the guardrail, then lying across the railway.

Chiếc xe đầu kéo nằm chắn ngang đường sắt. Ảnh: Hồng Hải
The tractor trailer was lying across the railway. Photo: Hong Hai

Upon receiving the news, the railway industry promptly arrived at the scene, blocked off the area where the train was to make an emergency stop at both ends of the station, and notified the authorities to organize rescue at night.

Dien Chau Traffic Police, rescuers and the two stations urgently arranged a plan to “rescue” the railway that night. After more than 2 hours of effort, the container truck was lifted off the railway.

Tow the container truck off the railway.

The alcohol concentration test of driver Nguyen Van Tam (born in 1989, residing in Thuy Nguyen district, Hai Phong city) was 0.446 milligrams/liter of breath.

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