North-South railway reopens after a day and night of interruption

At around 9:00 p.m. on March 11, the specialized rescue crane that had overturned twice was successfully pulled to Dien Sanh station (Hai Lang town, Hai Lang district), officially opening the railway line.

The crane was pulled to Dien Sanh station, opening the railway line with a speed limit of 5 km/h.

Dien Sanh Station is located about 5km south of the train accident site that split the dump truck in half. The cleanup work at the scene was also carried out by units at night.

A railway official said that the speed limit for trains passing through the accident site is 5 km/h with guidance. "We continue to repair the section to keep it running at the regulated speed of 70-80 km/h," he said.

Present at the scene, Mr. Nguyen Quan Chinh, Vice Chairman of Quang Tri Provincial People's Committee, said that the province would soon hold a meeting to summarize, learn from the incident and fix the problem.

This morning, a railway crane suddenly collapsed while preparing to rescue train cars. Two 100-ton cranes were dispatched from Hue City to rescue the crane. After being successfully rescued, the crane continued to slide off the rails for the second time, causing the rescue work to slow down.

Previously, at 9:41 p.m. on March 10, passenger train SE5 running from North to South when reaching Km 639+750 in Hai Thuong commune (Hai Lang) encountered a dump truck carrying crushed stone crossing the railway. The strong collision caused 3 train cars to overturn, the locomotive was crushed and severely damaged, train driver Le Minh Phu died in the cabin. Train assistant driver Ho Ngoc Hai, the truck driver, and a number of passengers and staff were injured.

According to VnExpress