A sand barge yesterday crashed into the retractor span of the Demerara Harbour Bridge (DHB) causing extensive damage and resulting in hundreds of persons being stranded on both sides of the Demerara River for almost seven hours.
The Demerara Harbour Bridge Corporation (DHBC) said that the incident occurred at about 11:30 am when a vessel bearing the name Desal 1 with two tugs, Alpha 1 and Chaka, slammed into retractor span 9. The vessel was transporting sand at the time and was heading north when it hit the bridge.