Truck overturned, driver and assistant stuck in cabin
A truck carrying construction materials lost control and crashed into the median strip, overturned, and trapped the driver and two assistants in the cabin. Many police officers broke the windows to rescue people.
The serious traffic accident occurred at around 3:30 p.m. on January 13 on National Highway 1A passing through Tu Ha town (Huong Tra town, Thua Thien - Hue).
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| The truck overturned in the middle of the road, the driver and the assistant were stuck in the cabin. Photo: Quang Thanh |
Truck with license plate 75C-05133 (driver unknown) carrying construction materials from Kim Son Street (Tu Ha town) was traveling to Highway 1A in the direction of Tu Ha - Phong Dien.
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| Efforts to save the driver and bus assistant. Photo: Quang Thanh |
The car lost control while driving, crashed head-on into the median strip, flipped over, and seriously injured three people in the car, trapped in the cabin.
TTKS Team No. 1 (under the Traffic Police Department of Thua Thien Hue Province), Huong Tra Town Police and dozens of officers and soldiers from the Provincial Fire Police Department quickly arrived at the scene to participate in the rescue work.
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| One of the three people in the car was taken out of the cabin with serious injuries. |
At the scene, the head-on collision with the median strip caused the truck's cabin to be crushed.
Authorities had to break the glass and drill into the cabin to rescue the driver and assistant.
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| Relatives of the victims watch the rescue team. Photo: Quang Thanh |
At around 4:30 p.m., the last victim of the accident was taken out of the crashed car by rescuers and transferred to Hue Central Hospital for emergency treatment.
The cause of the accident is being investigated by authorities.
