The passenger car was thrown off the City Expressway. HCM - Trung Luong, many people were admitted to the emergency hospital

A 29-seat passenger bus with Ben Tre license plate running on Ho Chi Minh City - Trung Luong highway. When he arrived at Tan Ly Dong commune, Chau Thanh district, he suddenly crashed into a highway guardrail and crashed down the road.

At around 12 noon today, March 9, 2024, a passenger car with license plate number 71B-007.49 was running on the City Expressway. Ho Chi Minh - Trung Luong, when approaching the overpass section No. 10, Km 45 350 (in Tan Ly Dong commune, Chau Thanh district, Tien Giang province), he crashed into the roadside median and overturned on the ground. drum.

Mr. Phan Hoang Anh (41 years old, living in Tan Ly Dong commune, Chau Thanh district, Tien Giang province) said that around 11:30, he had just returned from work when he heard a loud noise coming from the highway.

"Immediately, I and some people ran out and saw the bus overturned on the side of the road, many people were screaming in panic.

I immediately broke the car window to get everyone out. Among them, 4 people were seriously injured. Me and some people stopped an ambulance on the highway to ask them to take them to the emergency room," Mr. Hoang Anh recounted.

Recordings of the scene showed that the passenger car flipped horizontally, nearly 10 meters from the highway surface. The front and side windows of the passenger car were broken, dented and scattered. On the highway, the protective railing was broken. After discovering the accident, people near the scene coordinated with the authorities to take the victim to the emergency room.

After that, Traffic Police Team No. 7 (Traffic Police Department, Ministry of Public Security) urgently dispatched many ambulances to take many victims to the emergency room at the nearest hospitals in the passenger car overturn on the Ho Chi Minh City - China Expressway. Wage. Many victims were taken to the hospital....

Talking to Lao Dong Newspaper reporter by phone, Mr. Nguyen Van Vu - Chief of Office of the Traffic Safety Committee of Tien Giang province - said that at the time of the accident, there were about 20 people in the car. Among them, 2 people were seriously injured and several people were slightly injured.

"After capturing information about the above traffic accident, the traffic police force of Traffic Police Team No. 7 (Traffic Police Department, Ministry of Public Security) arrived at the scene to regulate traffic and take the victims. to the hospital for emergency treatment and health check-up. Up to now, no one has been reported to have died related to the above traffic accident," Mr. Vu said.

The traffic accident also damaged some railings and corrugated iron on the highway. In addition, the accident also caused serious traffic congestion on this section of the highway as thousands of vehicles had to move very slowly.

The highway management unit said that the road section where the accident occurred had smooth road surface and complete traffic safety system. The cause of the accident is being investigated.

Previously, in Tuyen Quang province, a passenger car accident also occurred in which 5 people did not survive.

Accordingly, at dawn on March 5, driver Phan Van Quy (born 1983, in Bac Quang district, Ha Giang) drove a passenger bus on the fixed route Ha Giang - Hanoi, moving on National Highway 2, towards Ha Giang - Tuyen Quang. When going to Tu Quan commune (Yen Son district), the passenger car collided with a container truck driven by Le Van Tam (born 1985, in Kinh Mon town, Hai Duong) going in the opposite direction.

The accident caused 5 people to die on the spot (2 men, 3 women), 10 injured people were taken to the emergency room (including the bus driver).

Traffic police quickly checked the alcohol and banned substances levels of the two drivers but did not detect any violations.

The initial cause was determined because the container truck was going on a curve, the driver did not control the speed and steered to the left, leading to a collision with a passenger car going in the opposite direction.

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