On the morning of July 9, the Investigation Police Agency of Lam Dong Province Police completed the scene investigation and the body of a serious accident between two sleeper buses on the Vinh Hao - Phan Thiet Expressway.
The identities of the 3 deceased victims were determined:
Mr. Le Pham Anh Vu (born in 1985) - driver of passenger bus 85F - 000.27; Mr. Trinh Gia Bao (born in 2009) - bus assistant 85F - 000.27; Mr. Phan Kim Thanh (born in 2000) - died on passenger bus 78F - 002.64.
After the accident, 22 passengers were taken to the hospital by ambulances for health check-ups and wound treatment at various levels.
By the morning of the same day, some passengers had asked to be discharged from the hospital, and some passengers also asked to be transferred.
Sharing with reporters, passenger Nguyen Thuan Phat (residing in Ben Tre province) traveling on a passenger bus with license plate 85F - 000.37 recounted: When the bus stopped, he heard a burning smell. After that, seeing the vehicle tilted to one side, I thought there was a problem with the tire. More than 1 minute later, a strong impact occurred.
Mr. Phat is a tourist from Vinh Long province traveling to Khanh Hoa province. At 9:30 p.m. on July 8, he boarded this bus in the old Ninh Thuan province. The vehicle reached Km220 when it stopped and the above accident occurred.
The father of the victim Trinh Gia Bao said that Bao had previously taken a busily leave for about a month before returning to work, this was the second trip when the accident occurred.
As Lao Dong reported, the accident occurred at around 0:00 on July 9 on the Vinh Hao - Phan Thiet highway, Km220 + 100 through Ham Liem commune, Lam Dong province.
A sleeper bus with license plate 78F - 002.64 driven by driver Tran Quang Cuong (born in 1983) traveling from North to South crashed into the rear of a sleeper bus with license plate 85F - 000.37 in the same direction ahead.
The collision killed the driver and bus assistant of the passenger bus with license plate 85F - 000.37. Initially, it was noted that these two people were likely to get off the bus and check the vehicle had an accident.
In addition, there was 1 other passenger bus driver who was trapped in the bus and died. After the accident, many ambulances and traffic police vehicles took the injured passengers to the hospital for emergency care.
