Horrifying number of 13 people died in 6 tragic accidents

1.Bus and train collide: 13 dead, 33 injured in Khanh Hoa

A serious accident occurred at 11pm on February 8, 2007 in Cam Thinh Dong commune, Cam Ranh town, Khanh Hoa province, between a passenger bus with license plate 49H-9076 and train SE1 on the Hanoi - Saigon route. The accident killed 13 people on the spot (including the driver) and injured 20 others.

2. Truck collides with passenger bus, 13 people die in Dak Lak

On the morning of May 7, 2017, a truck with license plate 77C - 139.37 driven by driver Vo Van Quy from Gia Lai to Dak Lak, when reaching Hung Vuong Street, Chu Se Town, Chu Se District, collided head-on with a sleeper bus with license plate 18B - 018.32 (with 43 people on board) traveling in the opposite direction. After the accident, 13 people died and 33 were injured.

3. Fire at shoe factory in Hai Phong13 people died

The fire broke out at around 4:30 p.m. on July 29, 2011 at a private leather and footwear company in Tan Dan Commune (An Lao, Hai Phong). The fire killed 13 workers due to suffocation and burns, and injured 25 others who were taken to An Lao, Kien An and Viet Tiep Hospitals. The factory owner’s younger brother escaped first, but jumped in to save others and also burned to death.

4.Karaoke bar fire kills 13 people in Hanoi

At 1:45 p.m. on November 1, 2016, a large fire broke out at a karaoke bar on Tran Thai Tong Street, Hanoi, and spread to the surrounding area, killing 13 people and burning down four houses. Several cars and motorbikes parked on the sidewalk in front of these houses were also burned down.

5.Scaffolding collapse at Formosa Ha Tinh construction site kills 13 people

The accident occurred at around 8:00 p.m. on March 25, 2015, in the Formosa construction site (Ky Anh, Ha Tinh). At that time, dozens of workers were removing materials from concrete columns (used to be placed at sea), when suddenly the tens of meters high scaffolding collapsed, killing 13 workers and injuring dozens of others.

6.13 people died in Typhoon Haiyan in 2013

According to the National Committee for Search and Rescue, in the areas affected by super typhoon Haiyan (Haiyan, storm number 14 in 2013), 13 people died and 81 were injured. The main causes were accidents while securing houses and pruning trees.