Sleeper bus-truck crash kills at least 5 in Vietnam’s Tuyen Quang
Tuesday, March 05, 2024, 15:42 GMT+7
A deadly collision between a sleeper bus and a container truck happened in the northern Vietnamese province of Tuyen Quang early on Tuesday morning, killing five passengers on the spot while injuring ten others, traffic police reported.
The fatal accident occurred at around 1:40 am on National Highway 2 in the province’s Yen Son District, when the sleeper bus was traveling into Tuyen Quang from neighboring Ha Giang Province and the truck was driving in the opposite direction, according to the Traffic Police Department under the Ministry of Public Security.
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| The truck is seen overturning at the scene of the accident after it crashed into a sleeper bus on National Highway 2 on the early morning of March 5, 2024 in northern Vietnam’s Tuyen Quang Province. Photo: Vietnam News Agency |
The trucker, L.V.T., 39, lost control over the vehicle when entering a curved section of the highway, causing it to encroach on the left lane of the road and slam into the sleeper bus, the department said.
The strong hit damaged the bus severely and police officers had to use tools to break open the doors and the trunk of the vehicle to bring the trapped passengers out.
Five people were found dead on the spot while 10 others were injured, said chairman of the Tuyen Quang administration Nguyen Van Son.
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| This image shows a bending section of National Highway 2 where the deadly accident occurred on the early morning of March 5, 2024 in Tuyen Quang Province, northern Vietnam. This photo was taken after the scene of the accident was cleared. Photo: Vietnam News Agency |
All the injured victims, including the bus driver, P.V.Q., 41, were taken to Phuong Bac General Hospital in the province’s Tuyen Quang City for emergency treatment, police said, adding they were counting the total number of passengers aboard the vehicle.
Rapid tests showed that both drivers did not have any alcohol content in their breath.
A team of police officers from the department arrived at the scene to join local forces to handle the crash.
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| Two out of the ten injured victims of the deadly accident between a sleeper bus and a container truck in Tuyen Quang Province are seen being visited by police officers at Phuong Bac General Hospital in the province’s Tuyen Quang City. Photo: Vietnam News Agency |
Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang, chairman of the National Traffic Safety Committee, requested that relevant agencies promptly report the cause of the crash and propose measures to prevent similar accidents on the highway in the future.
He also directed the deputy chairman of the committee to immediately send a working group to the province to join local authorities in visiting the victims’ families and helping them overcome the aftermath.
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