52-seat passenger bus lost control and overturned on the edge of the cliff
On the way down from a pagoda on Dinh mountain, the bus driver lost control of the vehicle, crashed into an electric pole on the side of the road, and then plunged straight down the cliff.
On the afternoon of February 20, in the Dinh Mountain area, Tan Hai Commune, Tan Thanh District, Ba Ria – Vung Tau Province, a 52-seat passenger bus lost control and plunged straight into a ravine. Fortunately, no passengers were killed.
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| Scene of the passenger bus crash in Ba Ria - Vung Tau |
Earlier, at around 3pm the same day, the passenger bus with license plate 61P-4418 was on its way down the mountain from a pagoda in Dinh Mountain when the driver lost control of the vehicle, crashed into an electric pole on the side of the road, and then plunged straight down the cliff. Fortunately, there was a tree blocking the way so the bus did not fall further down.
Immediately afterwards, the rescue team of Ba Ria - Vung Tau province used a crane to pull the overturned bus out of the abyss. At the scene, the electric pole broke and fell into the abyss, the wall surrounding the road was broken by the car. The bus overturned and was severely damaged.
Many passengers on the bus were so frightened that they managed to get out. Passersby rushed down to help the injured people get out./.
