4-seater car 'collides' with train, driver seriously injured

(Baonghean.vn) - At around 3:00 p.m. on February 9, at km 267+450 of the civilian level crossing in Dien Truong commune, Dien Chau district, a train accident occurred. The train hit a car, causing the front of the car to be crushed and the driver to be injured.

The car hit the train and was thrown to the right of the road, its front end crushed.

Accordingly, at the above time, the South-North unified train number SE6 was traveling from Ho Chi Minh City to Hanoi. When reaching the above-mentioned level crossing, it "confronted" a 4-seat car with license plate 37A - 140.52 driven by Ho Si Thang (residing in Hamlet 7, Dien Doai Commune, Dien Chau District) from National Highway 1A crossing the railway to Dien Doai Commune.

The strong collision caused the car to fly to the right of the road, crushing the front end. The driver was injured, the train had to make an emergency stop to handle the incident and was delayed by 30 minutes.

It is worth mentioning that at this level crossing, the signaling system was complete but the driver did not observe and deliberately overtook the train, causing the accident./.

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