Victims still in shock after tragic accident in Nghe An

(Baonghean.vn) - "The car was running, suddenly there was a strange noise, the car crashed, jumped up and then stopped, everyone in the car screamed, some people lay motionless, local people got in the car to help, the scene was terrible", Ms. Vi Thi Quyen, a passenger on the 24-seat car, was still shocked when recounting the tragic accident.

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Mr. Nguyen Van Tuan, who has a shop in Lien Xuan hamlet, Nghia Xuan commune, Quy Hop district (Nghe An) is still shocked when recounting the accident between the passenger bus and the Howo truck.

The passenger bus with license plate number 37B - 020.20 was completely deformed after the accident. Photo: PV

At around 4:30 p.m., because it was raining, he brought the goods into the house early. “I was lining up when I heard a loud noise from in front of the house and ran out to see the passenger bus with its left side shell peeled off. A number of people were huddled in the dented vehicle and some people were thrown out of the front window and were trying to get up. Looking over there, a large truck was lying on the side of the road, the back of the truck stretched out quite a long way.”

Many parts of the bus were completely damaged. Photo: PV

Immediately after that, Mr. Tuan and some people rushed to the passenger bus to take the person to the emergency room. “There weren’t many people in the passenger bus, only about 8 to 10 people, some men with minor injuries got off the bus. We went in and saw a seriously injured woman trying to get up and was quickly helped down, while some people in front were lying motionless. There was a child about 1 to 3 years old also lying next to the two dead women. I thought the child was still alive so I quickly carried him down the bus. As soon as I stepped down from the bus door, I saw that the child’s head was deeply sunk, I touched his neck and saw that he was no longer breathing, everyone told me to put him back on the bus so the authorities could work. About 5 minutes later, everyone had packed the scene, one or two people were taken to the hospital by ambulance right after that. Thinking back now, it still feels creepy,” Mr. Tuan recalled.

A lucky passenger survived the accident. Photo: PV

About 2 hours after the accident, Ms. Vi Thi Quyen, a resident of Quy Chau town, one of the passengers on the bus that crashed, was still scared. She recounted that at that time she was sitting in the right row of the bus, some people were still laughing and talking. “Because my house was not far away, I paid attention to the road and looked around, suddenly the bus crashed, jumped up and then stopped, everyone in the bus screamed and saw several people lying motionless, some people got in the bus to help. I didn’t know what to do, I just cried and they helped me off the bus.”

While people were rushing to take the victim to the emergency room, another heartbreaking accident occurred not far from the scene. It is known that all 3 people on the motorbike who went to see the accident had just left the scene.

Initially, Quy Hop District Police identified 5/6 of the deceased victims. In addition to the 3 victims who died on the bus, the other 3 victims who were traveling on the same motorbike all lived in Nghia Xuan Commune, Quy Hop District.

1. Ms. Pham Thi Hue (born in 1971, residing in Kim Son town, Que Phong district)
2. Vi Manh Hao (born in 2016, residing in Chau Hoi commune, Quy Chau district)
3. Mr. Nguyen Dinh Chinh (born in 1984, residing in Nghia Xuan commune, Quy Hop district)
4. Nguyen Duc Quang (born in 1979, residing in Nghia Xuan commune, Quy Hop district)
5. Yen Van Tung (born in 1990, residing in Nghia Xuan commune, Quy Hop district)
6. An unidentified middle-aged woman

The howo truck is on the right side of the road in the direction it is traveling. Photo: PV

On the evening of January 31, Quy Hop District Party Secretary Ho Le Ngoc, representatives of the People's Committee and departments and unions of Quy Hop District and the local government of Nghia Xuan Commune were directly present at the scene, encouraging and visiting the victims' families. Quy Hop District People's Committee allocated the budget to provide emergency support to each victim's family with 1 million VND.

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