On the afternoon of October 13, informing Lao Dong Newspaper, Lieutenant Colonel Dang Tran Hoang - Head of the Traffic Police Department of Lao Cai Provincial Police said: The authorities are coordinating to investigate and clarify the cause of the particularly serious accident that killed 3 people and seriously injured 5 others on Provincial Road 172, through Viet Hong commune.
Previously, as Lao Dong reported, at around 12:36 on October 13, a passenger car of Kien Huyen bus company with license plate: 21H-017.76, driven by Nguyen Van Duong (born in 1984, in Cau Thia ward, Lao Cai province), was traveling on Provincial Road 172, in the direction from Nghia Lo ward to My Dinh, Hanoi.
When reaching km14+250 of Provincial Road 172 in Minh Phu Village 8, Viet Hong Commune, the brake suddenly broke. The driver proactively informed the people on the bus and then crashed into the positive slope, leading to the accident.
The consequences of the accident left 3 people dead and 19 people seriously injured and were taken to Lao Cai Province General Hospital 1 for emergency treatment.
On the afternoon of October 13, Ms. Vu Thi Hien Hanh - Vice Chairman of Lao Cai Provincial People's Committee visited and encouraged the victims of the passenger bus accident at Lao Cai Provincial General Hospital No. 1.
In addition to the 5 seriously injured people being treated by doctors and nurses, the remaining patients only suffered soft tissue injuries, minor scratches and were being monitored.
