On the morning of February 22, Viet Duc Friendship Hospital held an emergency consultation via the Telemedicine system with Son La Provincial General Hospital to assess the status of the victims in the accident between a sleeper bus and a tractor-trailer.
The consultation helped determine the optimal treatment plan, and at the same time, the hospital has received patients with severe injuries for further intensive treatment.
Currently, two patients are being treated at Viet Duc Friendship Hospital, including: P.T.H (female, 52 years old, Ha Nam): Multiple injuries, traumatic brain injury, left leg fracture, right arm fracture.
N.D.H (male, 45 years old, Son La): Multiple injuries, jaw injuries, open fractures on both sides of the forearms.
On December 22, it is expected that 3 more patients will be transferred to Viet Duc Friendship Hospital for further treatment, including: V.G.H (male, 9 years old, Son La): Multiple injuries, chest injury, left pleural blood vessel overflow, fracture of the left arm'shimps, suspected head and spleen contusion.
L.T.N (female, 54 years old, Son La): Multiple injuries, 2 open fractures of the left arm, chest and right shoulder injuries.
N.T.L (female, 54 years old, Ha Nam): Multiple injuries, chest injury, lung contusion, pleural overflow, left thigh injury.
At about 11:30 p.m. on February 21, at Km 235+100, National Highway 6 (Sap Vat Commune, Yen Chau District, Son La), passenger car 26F-009.XX driven by Mr. N.D.H (1983, residing in Phu Luu Te, My Duc, Hanoi) in the direction of Son La - Hanoi collided head-on with a tractor trailer 30C-095.XX driven by Mr. D.X.T in the opposite direction.
The strong impact caused the sleeper bus blades to tear, many passengers fell onto the road unconscious. The front of the passenger bus was crushed, the driver and the bus assistant were trapped in the cabin. The survivors and the people had to spend tens of minutes using a beng saw to break the cabin to rescue them.
According to initial information, the accident killed 6 people, including 5 passengers on the bus and the tractor-trailer driver. Many others were injured due to the impact and debris from the vehicle.
