A woman and two of her children were killed while her other son was injured after they were hit by a truck in the north-central Vietnamese province of Nghe An on Monday.

According to the People’s Committee of Hung Trung Commune in Hung Nguyen District, Nghe An Province, the woman, N.T.H., a 26-year-old resident of Hung Trung Commune, was riding a motorbike to take her children to school at about 6:45 am.

The motorcycle then collided with the truck and the mother and her three children fell off the vehicle.

The mother and two of her children died on the spot. Her youngest son, a preschool student, was injured and is receiving treatment at a local hospital.

After the accident, police officers rushed to the scene to investigate its cause.

Trucker Nguyen Duy Quan, a 37-year-old resident of Nghe An Province, was taken into custody for further investigation, investigators from the Nghe An Police said on Monday.

Quan tested zero for blood alcohol concentration and negative for drugs.

According to investigators, Quan was driving the truck carrying stones from Nghi Loc District to Vinh City in Nghe An.

He declared that when reaching Hung Trung Commune, he saw another truck traveling in the opposite direction and a motorcycle in the same direction.

As he focused on avoiding the truck, he slammed his vehicle into the motorcycle.

On Monday afternoon, a delegation of the National Traffic Safety Committee visited and offered condolences to the family of the victims.

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