On the morning of November 17, Lieutenant Colonel Nguyen Van Tiep, Head of the Traffic Police Department, Lam Dong Provincial Police, said that as soon as a landslide occurred on Khanh Le Pass (km45, Khanh Hoa Province) late on November 16, killing many people, the authorities deployed remote traffic flow.
For many hours, the Traffic Police have blocked and temporarily prevented vehicles from traveling from Da Lat to Nha Trang from traveling through Khanh Le Pass.
At the time of the landslide, Lam Dong province mobilized many forces including the Fire Prevention and Fighting Police, Rescue Police, Traffic Police, Lac Duong Commune Police, Medical... to approach the scene to support the functional forces of Khanh Hoa province in handling the incident.
According to Lieutenant Colonel Nguyen Van Tiep, from km45, when rocks and soil collapsed, many passenger cars and cars were affected and were instructed by the Traffic Police and related units to move back to Da Lat to ensure safety.
Along with that, the Traffic Police and Lac Duong Commune Police set up a traffic diversion checkpoint, temporarily prohibiting vehicles from traveling in the direction of Da Lat - Nha Trang through Khanh Le Pass.
Mr. Bui Quoc Huan, Chairman of Lac Duong Commune People's Committee, said that in the early morning of November 17, the police and militia of the commune were mobilized to the scene around the landslide area to support the rescue work.
Currently, in addition to the main landslide, there are many small landslides on Khanh Le Pass, causing some cars to not be able to turn back to Da Lat.
Many people who were trapped were temporarily evacuated by Lam Dong provincial authorities to Da Lat. As of 9:00 a.m. this morning, there were still 8 people being supported to move from the landslide area on the Khanh Hoa province side who were temporarily residing at the old Da Chais Commune Police headquarters.
The latest information said that the landslide of Phuong Trang passenger bus killed 6 people and injured 19 others.
Of the injured victims, 3 were seriously injured and had undergone surgery; the remaining 16 people suffered head injuries, broken limbs, feet or multiple injuries but were not life-threatening.
