Overloaded trucks at fault for bridge collapse
<p><span word="Download">Download</span></p><p><span word="Harbin">Harbin</span> <span word="authorities">authorities</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Wednesday">Wednesday</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="overloading">overloading</span> <span word="caused">caused</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="collapse">collapse</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="bridge">bridge</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="killed">killed</span> <span word="three">three</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="injured">injured</span> <span word="five">five</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Aug">Aug</span> 24.</p><p><span word="Four">Four</span> <span word="overloaded">overloaded</span> <span word="trucks">trucks</span>, <span word="weighing">weighing</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="than">than</span> 480 <span word="metric">metric</span> <span word="tons">tons</span>, <span word="were">were</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="right">right</span> <span word="side">side</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="a">a</span> 122-<span word="meter">meter</span> <span word="ramp">ramp</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Qunli">Qunli</span> <span word="viaduct">viaduct</span> <span word="project">project</span>, <span word="said">said</span> <span word="Liu">Liu</span> <span word="Xingming">Xingming</span>, <span word="deputy">deputy</span> <span word="head">head</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="team">team</span> <span word="investigating">investigating</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="accident">accident</span>.</p><p><span word="That">That</span> <span word="made">made</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="ramp">ramp</span> <span word="tilt">tilt</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="one">one</span> <span word="side">side</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="crash">crash</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="ground">ground</span>, <span word="plunging">plunging</span> <span word="all">all</span> <span word="four">four</span> <span word="trucks">trucks</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="pavement">pavement</span> <span word="below">below</span>, <span word="Liu">Liu</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="news">news</span> <span word="conference">conference</span>.</p><p><span word="Liu">Liu</span>, <span word="who">who</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="also">also</span> <span word="deputy">deputy</span> <span word="director">director</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Harbin">Harbin</span> <span word="Administration">Administration</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Work">Work</span> <span word="Safety">Safety</span>, <span word="said">said</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="investigation">investigation</span> <span word="found">found</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="ramp">ramp</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="designer">designer</span>, <span word="contractor">contractor</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="supervisor">supervisor</span> <span word="all">all</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="top">top</span>-<span word="level">level</span> <span word="qualifications">qualifications</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="no">no</span> <span word="problems">problems</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="found">found</span> <span word="during">during</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="ramp">ramp</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="design">design</span>, <span word="construction">construction</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="supervision">supervision</span> <span word="process">process</span>.</p><p><span word="Liu">Liu</span> <span word="noted">noted</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="when">when</span> <span word="construction">construction</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="ramp">ramp</span> <span word="finished">finished</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="November">November</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="designer">designer</span>, <span word="contractor">contractor</span>, <span word="supervisor">supervisor</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="some">some</span> <span word="experts">experts</span> <span word="conducted">conducted</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="trial">trial</span> <span word="using">using</span> <span word="seven">seven</span> <span word="vehicles">vehicles</span>, 30 <span word="tons">tons</span> <span word="each">each</span>, <span word="to">to</span> <span word="test">test</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="quality">quality</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="ramp">ramp</span>.</p><p>"<span word="The">The</span> <span word="experiment">experiment</span> <span word="showed">showed</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="ramp">ramp</span> <span word="could">could</span> <span word="meet">meet</span> <span word="all">all</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="standards">standards</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="preliminary">preliminary</span> <span word="design">design</span>," <span word="he">he</span> <span word="said">said</span>.</p><p><span word="Xiao">Xiao</span> <span word="Rucheng">Rucheng</span>, <span word="a">a</span> <span word="bridge">bridge</span> <span word="professor">professor</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="Shanghai">Shanghai</span>-<span word="based">based</span> <span word="Tongji">Tongji</span> <span word="University">University</span>, <span word="said">said</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="designer">designer</span>, <span word="builder">builder</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="supervisor">supervisor</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="bridge">bridge</span> <span word="would">would</span> <span word="usually">usually</span> <span word="carry">carry</span> <span word="out">out</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="load">load</span>-<span word="bearing">bearing</span> <span word="test">test</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="around">around</span> 1.1 <span word="times">times</span> <span word="heavier">heavier</span> <span word="than">than</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="weight">weight</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="bridge">bridge</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="designed">designed</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="hold">hold</span>.</p><p>"<span word="From">From</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="test">test</span> <span word="we">we</span> <span word="could">could</span> <span word="tell">tell</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="ramp">ramp</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="collapsed">collapsed</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Harbin">Harbin</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="designed">designed</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="hold">hold</span> <span word="less">less</span> <span word="than">than</span> 210 <span word="tons">tons</span>, <span word="so">so</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="four">four</span> <span word="trucks">trucks</span>, <span word="weighing">weighing</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="than">than</span> 480 <span word="tons">tons</span>, <span word="far">far</span> <span word="exceeded">exceeded</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="capability">capability</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="ramp">ramp</span>," <span word="he">he</span> <span word="said">said</span>. "<span word="It">It</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="line">line</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="our">our</span> <span word="analysis">analysis</span> <span word="before">before</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="investigation">investigation</span> <span word="result">result</span> <span word="came">came</span> <span word="out">out</span>."</p>
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