At about 9 am on March 11, according to reporters of Lao Dong Newspaper, the first train safely passed Ghenh bridge after the barge collided with this bridge on March 6.
Accordingly, the restoration of exploitation of the railway line through Ghenh bridge is one day earlier than the previous plan attempted on the 12th. 3. The railway industry and relevant agencies have urgently developed a plan, day and night repairing and overcoming the damaged Ghenh bridge structure, in order to quickly open the North-South railway line.
It is known that cargo and passenger trains continue to travel through Ghenh bridge on March 11.
Ghenh bridge (Dong Nai Lon bridge) Km1699+860 on the Hanoi - Ho Chi Minh City railway line was built in 2016 and includes 3 steel arch spans, each span 75m long, 2 abutments and 2 reinforced concrete pillars, navigation width 50x6.5m.
According to the railway industry, the barge collision at Ghenh bridge caused 1 motorcyclist on the pedestrian side of the bridge to be injured, the structure of the project was deformed and deformed, breaking the bridge bearing bolt, causing the bridge bearing to shift about 25mm, deviating the direction of the railway track on the bridge about 320mm; passenger trains and freight trains passing through the Bien Hoa - Di An section stopped running, directly affecting the full-line train schedule, and changing the train organization plan.
On March 10, the Investigation Police Agency, Dong Nai Provincial Police issued a decision to prosecute the criminal case "Violating regulations on participating in waterway traffic" in the case of Thanh Dat 86 ship colliding with Ghenh bridge, which occurred on March 6 at Km 38+050 Dong Nai river route in Bien Hoa ward, Dong Nai province.
The investigation results determined that at about 10:18 am on March 6, Pham Thanh Binh (26 years old, residing in Ninh Giang commune, Ninh Binh province) was driving the Thanh Dat 86 ship moving on the Dong Nai River, in the direction from upstream to downstream, when it reached the intersection with the North-South railway line section passing through Ghenh Bridge in Bien Hoa ward, Dong Nai province, a direct collision occurred with compartment No. 5, span No. 2 of Ghenh Bridge, causing the bridge and railway structure to be deformed and warped, deviating the rails on the bridge.
