Coach-truck collision kills at least 10, injures dozens in Vietnam
Xinhua, May 7, 2017 Adjust font size:
A coach and a tractor trailer collided head-on in Vietnam's central highlands Gia Lai province on Sunday morning, killing at least 10 people on the spot and injuring dozens of others.
When the accident happened on Ho Chi Minh Road, the coach was carrying 36 people, and the tractor trailer was transporting fertilizer by a driver and his assistant, said the provincial Traffic Police Bureau.
The collision was so fierce that the two vehicles were heavily deformed, trapping drivers and passengers inside. Local rescuers had to break doors and windows to get them out.
In the first four months of this year, 6,369 traffic accidents occurred in Vietnam, killing 2,795 people, severely injuring 1,440 people and lightly hurting 3,679 others, said the country's Traffic Police Department. Endit