Truck and container collided head-on, 2 drivers died
The head-on collision between two container trucks left drivers Hoi and Cuong dead, and a co-driver in critical condition, trapped in the cabin.
On the afternoon of August 8, Mr. Pham Van Hoi (32 years old) was driving a container truck with a Ha Tinh license plate on the Ho Chi Minh trail. When he reached the section passing through Son Tien commune (Huong Son district, Ha Tinh), he crashed straight into a container truck with a Ninh Binh license plate driven by Phan Van Cuong (29 years old) going in the opposite direction.
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Accident scene. Photo:Minh Ly |
The head-on collision killed the two drivers, Hoi and Cuong, and injured a bus assistant. Authorities and locals used a hacksaw to cut the cabin and bring the victims out. The bus assistant from Ha Tinh is currently in critical condition at the hospital.
"At the time of the accident, I heard a loud noise and when I ran out onto the road, I saw the two cars stuck together," said a witness.
At the scene, two container trucks were overturned, their heads were deformed, many pieces of debris were scattered, and there were blood stains and oil stains all over the road.
Huong Son District Police sent a tow truck to remove two container trucks from the scene to clear the road and investigate the cause of the accident.