The Railway Department has warned, has the Traffic Safety Committee deployed?
Regarding the very serious railway traffic accident that killed 2 people at Km 1696+458, Ho Nai - Bien Hoa area, Dong Nai Provincial People's Committee has issued a document signed by Acting Chairman of Dong Nai Provincial People's Committee Vo Tan Duc. , directed to urgently overcome the consequences.
Accordingly, Dong Nai Provincial People's Committee assigned the Department of Transport to preside over and coordinate with the Provincial Police, Department of Home Affairs, Traffic Safety Committee, Vietnam Railway Administration, Vietnam Railway Corporation, and Bien City People's Committee. Hoa and other related units conducted a comprehensive review and assessment of existing and inadequacies in traffic infrastructure at this location.
In particular, the province pays attention to clarifying the responsibilities of relevant groups and individuals in slowly overcoming problems at Km 1696+458, Ho Nai - Bien Hoa area.
Previously, on June 9, 2022, the Vietnam Railways Department issued notice No. 1095/TB-CĐSVN announcing the conclusions of Director of Vietnam Railways Department Vu Quang Khoi on the work of ensuring traffic order and safety. railway in Dong Nai province.
The notice clearly states: At Km1696+458 on the road - Pham Van Thuan street (location of the accident - PV) intersects diagonally with the railway with 5 directions of traffic into the crossroad area; When closing the barrier to welcome the train, there are two openings on the right side of the railway route (alley 1334, the path from the frontage road to the barrier); There are still shops in the crossroads area, causing traffic jams, affecting traffic order in the area.
The Vietnam Railways Department also requested the locality to organize and arrange traffic safety guards (in the direction of alley 1334 and the path from the frontage road to the crossroad) to ensure traffic safety for people when crossing the road. horizontal street, clearing shops in the horizontal street area...
Then, on July 4, 2022, the Traffic Safety Committee of Dong Nai province issued document No. 191/BATGT implementing Notice No. 1095/TB-CĐSVN dated June 9, 2022 of the Vietnam Railways Department. In particular, the People's Committees of localities have been directed to organize inspection, review, and handle violations and shortcomings in order and safety of railway traffic corridors and violations of protection of signal information works. rail…
Car drivers entering from the dangerous entrance have been warned
On the evening of July 28, driver VVK (49 years old, residing in Bien Hoa City) drove a pickup truck with license plate number 60C-597.05 and entered the crossroad from the same entrance that had been warned by the Vietnam Railways Department and the Provincial Traffic Safety Committee. Dong Nai has an implementation document.
Previously, as Lao Dong Newspaper reported, at about 8:40 p.m. on July 28, train SNT5, controlled by driver D.HH (33 years old, residing in Thanh Hoa province), was traveling in the North-South direction, when it reached the crossroads. Km 1696 + 458 intersected with Pham Van Thuan street when it collided with a pickup truck with license plate number 60C- 597.05 driven by Mr. VVK (49 years old, residing in Bien Hoa city) coming from an alley (no barrier, in Tan ward). Forward) pairs along the tracks.
There were 4 people in the pickup truck at this time: Mr. VVK, Ms. MPP (42 years old), NVN (13 years old) and Ms. NTU (55 years old). Due to the strong impact from the train, the pickup truck was thrown into the garbage truck right in front of the alley entrance gate location 1613 and 1615 (quarter 3, Thong Nhat ward).
As a result, LMT (23 years old, garbage collector) and NVN died on the spot. The remaining 3 people in the pickup truck were taken to the emergency room by people.
The initial cause of the accident was determined by the authorities to be the pickup truck driver's lack of attention when the train passed.
