On the afternoon of September 20, authorities in Phu Tho province continued to salvage the tractor trailer involved in the Phong Chau bridge collapse and found one victim.

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Rescue forces salvage vehicles and collapsed bridge sections. Photo: Duc Hoang

Specifically, during the process of salvaging the tractor with license plate 19H-004.19, the force discovered a body in the cabin and identified the victim as Mr. Ha Quoc C. (38 years old, residing in Chu Hoa commune, Viet Tri city).

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Authorities are proceeding to identify the victim. Photo: Duc Hoang

More than 10 days after the Phong Chau bridge collapse, authorities in Phu Tho province have found three bodies. Previously, the bodies of a couple in Thanh Thuy district, Mr. Luong Xuan T. and his wife, Mrs. Nguyen Thi H., were found.

Currently, units are speeding up the progress of salvaging vehicles and collapsed bridge sections and preparing to install pontoon bridges.

Watch the engineers burn the buoy after the Phong Chau bridge collapsed.

Watch the engineers burn the buoy after the Phong Chau bridge collapsed.

The Engineering Corps moved and dropped buoys to check the wharf before installing a pontoon bridge on the Red River (Phu Tho province) to temporarily replace the collapsed Phong Chau bridge.
Large cranes are used to salvage the Phong Chau bridge section under the Red River.

Large cranes are used to salvage the Phong Chau bridge section under the Red River.

Authorities are speeding up the salvage and search for missing victims after the Phong Chau bridge collapse (Phu Tho province).
Identity of first victim found in Phong Chau bridge collapse

Identity of first victim found in Phong Chau bridge collapse

After finding a body drifting on the Red River (in Vinh Lai commune, Lam Thao district, Phu Tho province), authorities confirmed the victim's identity.