The police in Dong Nai Province’s Bien Hoa City have asked the local Procuracy to prosecute eight people for their involvement in the train crash on the Ghenh Bridge last February that killed two.
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| Ghenh Bridge in Bien Hoa city, Dong Nai province |
The police in Dong Nai Province’s Bien Hoa City have asked the local Procuracy to prosecute eight people for their involvement in the train crash on the Ghenh Bridge last February that killed two.
According to the case files referred by the police to the prosecutor’s office, four employees responsible for operating the train crossing barrier -- Bui Van Thuan, 40, Tran Van Thoi, 27, Nguyen Van Luong, 54, and Tran Viet Hai, 20 -- and To Quang Toan, 40, traffic signal employee, are charged with “irresponsibility causing serious consequences.”
Former train driver Nguyen Van Tuy, 43, and his assistant Nguyen Xuan Phu, 47, are facing charges of “violating regulations on operating railway transport means.”
Meanwhile, Tran Minh Chau, 51, may be prosecuted for “obstructing railway traffic.”
On February 6, a father and son in a truck died on the spot and 26 others were injured when the S2 train driven by Tuy smashed into six vehicles stuck in a traffic jam on the railway track on the Ghenh Bridge in Bien Hoa City near Ho Chi Minh City.
After investigation, the police concluded that Tuy had driven the train to cross the bridge although there was no signal light to allow him to do so.
Thuan, Thoi, Luong and Hai knew about the jam but failed to give the train a stop signal, the police said.
Meanwhile, Chau was accused of causing the jam since he did not reverse his car to make way for several other cars that travelled on the opposite direction on the bridge.
Chau’s act contributed to the accident, the worst railway accident ever in Bien Hoa, the police said.
(Source: TTNews)
