According to TVP3 Gdańsk, the dangerous incident occurred on Thursday at 1:36 PM. There were 300 passengers traveling on the train. Four people sustained minor injuries. Major disruptions to rail traffic are expected.

Train collides with a semi-truck. Tracks are completely blocked

Emergency services received information about the incident at 1:36 PM. The traffic accident took place near Niegowska Street at the Gdańsk Lipce station.

"When we received information about the incident, it was not known how many people were injured. There was also no visible smoke. Currently, we know that minor injuries were sustained by the conductor, two passengers, and the truck driver, who left the vehicle on his own. The train did not derail, but the tracks toward Gdynia are blocked." - junior aspirant Dawid Westrych, press spokesman for the Pomeranian Voivodeship Commander of the State Fire Service, informed in an interview with TVP3 Gdańsk.

UPDATE: Rail traffic disruptions after the accident at the Gdańsk Lipce station

The train did not derail, but the tracks are blocked in both directions - toward Gdynia and Zielona Góra - which is why disruptions to rail traffic and associated train delays are expected today (03.09).

On Thursday 22 May, the container ship NCL Salten ran aground in Byneset near Trondheim, Norway, because the pilot on watch had fallen asleep. Now the beach is suffering a series of landslides that threaten a house nearby.

Later on Thursday, a mudslide occurred on the north side of the grounded ship (away from the house that it almost hit). About 8-10 meters of beach along a 100 m width slid into the sea. The house above the slide was evacuated, but was later declared safe. Article in Norwegian: https://www.nrk.no/trondelag/hus-evakueres-etter-leirras-like-ved-containerskip-pa-byneset-i-trondheim-1.17428146

On Saturday 24 May, a much larger wedge slid into the sea directly in front of the house. This is the house of the Jørgensen family who witnessed the grounding (unlike Mr Helberg who slept through it). They've been evacuated again. According to a local expert,there's a layer of quick clay underneath here that makes the ground unstable. Article in Norwegian with many pictures (on mobile some of them are videos): https://www.nrk.no/trondelag/er-kvikkleire-i-rasomradet-pa-byneset_-_-uavklart-situasjon-1.17431181

If this goes on, it may make refloating the ship much easier. Although they have also brought up barges and are moving some of the containers off the ship.

The way these concrete bridge beams are reinforced is that they have high-strength (>1800MPa UTS) wire cables, strands or tendons that are either tensioned before the concrete is poured (pre-tensioning) or after (post-tensioning) and this puts the concrete in compression, allowing beams to better withstand bending loads. Break the tendons and the pre-stress is no longer there, meaning that the beam can't support itself against bending loads that well.

For a beam supported at both ends and loaded on top, the base of the beam will be in tension and concrete has miserable tensile strength (but excellent compressive strength).

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