An inland barge has collided with a bridge on the Scheldt-Rhine Canal near Rilland, the Netherlands.
Er is een ongeluk gebeurd op het water op het Schelde-Rijnkanaal bij Rilland. De schipper van een vrachtschip vaart zijn stuurhut kapot tegen de brug. (Video via Maikel Sebregts) #omroepzeeland pic.twitter.com/I7zfL2h74k
— Lisa Konings (@LISAK0NINGS) August 17, 2022
A social media video posted by journalist Lisa Konings and taken via Maikel Sebregts depicts a Dutch inland vessel’s wheelhouse colliding with the bridge in the Zeeland region.
A second video posted by Konings notes that no one was injured in the collision but films the wheelhouse completely destroyed.
Er is niemand gewond geraakt bij de botsing, maar van de stuurhut zelf is weinig over… (Video via Maikel Sebregts) #omroepzeeland pic.twitter.com/SHCVPxMk09
— Lisa Konings (@LISAK0NINGS) August 17, 2022
According to the Directorate-General for Public Works and Water Management (Rijkswaterstaat), the damage to the Bath bridge is minor.
Shipping was not affected by the accident.
The inland vessel is the 135 meters long and about 18 meters wide.
The ship sails under the Dutch flag and was en route from Antwerp.