Old man killed by car while crossing the street
(Baonghean.vn) - While cycling across the street to go home, an old man was run over by a heavy truck and died on the spot.
The accident occurred at 10:45 a.m. on September 24 at the Van Bang intersection with National Highway 1A in Quynh Van commune, Quynh Luu district (Nghe An).
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| The car that caused the accident. Photo: Hoang Hai |
At the above time, truck with license plate 37C-288.99, pulling trailer 37R-018.58 was traveling on National Highway 1A in the direction of Hanoi - Vinh, when reaching km 397 intersecting with Van - Bang inter-commune road, it turned right to Quynh Van. At that time, an old man was cycling across National Highway 1A to go in the same direction as the truck, but was run over and died on the spot.
The victim was later identified as Nguyen Van Tu, 77 years old, residing in Hamlet 6, Quynh Van Commune.
Immediately after the accident, Quynh Luu district authorities were present to promptly handle the incident.