The road leading to the newly inaugurated bridge collapsed, a car carrying 4 people fell into the hole.

The road surface of a newly inaugurated bridge in Tay Ninh suddenly collapsed 35 meters long, creating a deep hole that pulled a car carrying 4 people into it, causing the vehicle to deform.

Scene of the Hoa Binh bridge collapse. Photo: TH

This morning, May 11, the authorities of Chau Thanh district, Tay Ninh province coordinated with the police to investigate and clarify the cause of the subsidence of the newly inaugurated bridge.

The leader of Chau Thanh District People's Committee also confirmed the above information, and said that they are actively clarifying the cause, and will officially announce the results when there are results.

The incident happened in the morning of the same day at Hoa Binh bridge area (Hoa Hoi commune, Chau Thanh district, Tay Ninh province).

According to images at the scene, the asphalt road surface of Hoa Binh Bridge has collapsed heavily, stretching for many meters, creating a deep hole that occupies the entire road. In particular, the junction between the bridge and the approach road has large cracks and has collapsed heavily.

At this time, a car was moving through here and fell into the hole, deformed.

According to the quick report of Hoa Hoi Commune People's Committee, the landslide occurred at 4am the same day. The collapsed area is 35m long and 3m wide.

At the time of the landslide, there were 4 people in the car, in addition to 2 other motorbikes that fell into the hole.

Tay Ninh Provincial General Hospital said it had received six patients in the above incident.

Hoa Binh Bridge crosses Soc Hoa Hoi canal, connecting Hoa Thanh and Hoa Hoi communes, designed to be 450 m long, 12 m wide, with prestressed reinforced concrete structure. The project is invested by Chau Thanh District Construction Investment Project Management Board, with a total cost of more than 37 billion VND from the provincial and district budgets.

Although the project was scheduled to be completed in June 2025, the bridge was accelerated to be put into use on April 22, about 1.5 months earlier than expected.

VN (according to Vietnamnet)

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