Nghe An: Truck crashes through median, lies across railway
(Baonghean.vn) - On the way from Hanoi to the South, a truck veered straight to the right, hit 20 meters of the median strip under the overpass, and then flipped over across the North-South railway.
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| Accident scene. Photo: Xuan Bay |
The accident occurred at 8:30 this morning (September 16), on National Highway 1A under the railway overpass at km 270 in Dien Yen commune, Dien Chau district.
Accordingly, at the above time, truck with license plate 72C - 155.82 driven by Nguyen Van Khuong (born in 1993), residing in Hoai Thanh district, Binh Dinh province, was traveling from North to South, when reaching the roundabout.Yen Ly intersectionSuddenly the car veered to the right, crashed through the 20 meter hard divider between the railway and the road, and flipped over, lying across the railway.
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| The truck veered to the right of the road, smashing through a 20-meter hard divider between the railway and the road. Photo: Xuan Bay |
While the driver was slightly injured and had not yet been treated, Nguyen Khac Huy (42 years old, resident of Hamlet 9, Dien Yen Commune, Dien Chau District), a motorbike taxi driver, discovered the incident in time and drove his motorbike in to notify the train operator at Yen Ly Station, who promptly announced that the train would make an emergency stop at both ends of the station.
Currently, the Traffic Police of Dien Chau district and related units of the industryrailwayis organizing rescue and accident recovery.
The accident paralyzed railway traffic through Dien Chau for at least 90 minutes./.
