Avoiding a truck overturned and blocking the highway, the passenger bus crashed into a cliff.

ServiceA serious traffic accident occurred at around 7:30 p.m. last night at Km12+400 on National Highway 1A, Hue City bypass, through Huong Ho ward (Huong Tra town, Thua Thien Hue).

Accident scene. Photo: Quang Thanh

Driver Phan Thanh Trung (born in 1977, residing in Phu My, Binh Dinh) was driving truck with license plate 77C - 069.96 carrying boxes of fruit traveling in the South - North direction.

Due to the steep road and rain, the car overturned and lay across National Highway 1A.

At that moment, a passenger bus running the Gia Lai - Thai Binh - Hai Duong route with license plate 004.59, driven by Do Van Ut (born in 1979, residing in An Nhon, Binh Dinh) carrying 30 people was coming in the same direction. To avoid a head-on collision with the truck, Mr. Ut turned the wheel so that the front of the bus crashed into the cliff.

The impact of the collision with the mountain crushed the front of the bus, severely injuring four passengers. Dozens of fruit crates from the truck spilled onto the road.

Accident scene.

“While I was sleeping, I was startled by a loud crash. Many passengers on the bus fell out of bed and were hit by broken glass, including some children. Looking outside, I saw the truck lying on its side, blocking the middle of the road. Only then did I realize the vehicle had been in an accident,” said a passenger on the bus.

The accident paralyzed the Hue City bypass, and hundreds of vehicles were guided by the Traffic Police of Thua Thien-Hue Province to the center of Hue City to continue their journey.

Traffic police of Thua Thien Hue province and Huong Tra town police quickly arrived at the scene to regulate traffic and coordinate with local people to take the injured passengers to the emergency room.

At Hue Central Hospital, 4 passengers on the crashed car were admitted to the emergency room with minor multiple injuries, some of whom had broken car windows and were shot in the body, causing injuries.

Children with glass fragments stuck in their bodies are being treated at Hue Central Hospital. Photo: Quang Thanh

By 10:30 p.m. the same day, two large cranes had been dispatched to the scene to assist in the rescue operation. Authorities are cordoning off the scene and investigating the cause of the incident.