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.
At about 12:36 on October 13, a passenger bus of Kien Huyen bus company on the Nghia Lo - My Dinh route 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.
The bus conductor is Lo Van Hoa (born in 1995, in Cau Thia ward, Lao Cai province). There were about 30 passengers on the bus.
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, causing a traffic accident.
The consequences of the accident left 2 people dead at the scene; 1 person died during emergency treatment at the hospital.
5 seriously injured people were taken to Lao Cai Province General Hospital for emergency treatment.
Present at the scene, the reporter noted that the authorities were urgently diverting traffic and taking the injured to the emergency room.
The Fire Prevention and Fighting Police force plans to handle the fuel leak from the passenger car in the accident. Power units move wires and electric poles to connect the route...
The passenger car area, front and rear glass doors were broken, creating a space for forces to approach and rescue people. Around the oil and gas road surface, there are many fish in the water.
One fell about 100m deep into the roadbed due to the vehicle's brake failure, creating a barrier to the positive slope. Near the area where the accident vehicle was, there were broken concrete pieces, signs of the theater collapsing, broken electric poles and wires, lying across the road.
As soon as the incident occurred, Mr. Nguyen The Phuoc - Vice Chairman of Lao Cai Provincial People's Committee was present at the scene, directing the forces to rescue the injured, investigate and clarify the cause of the accident.
According to information from Lao Cai Province 1 General Hospital, at around 1:00 p.m., the unit received 19 patients injured in a traffic accident. Of these, 5 seriously injured people were taken to the emergency room by doctors and nurses, and their health is currently being monitored.
The remaining patients only suffered soft tissue injuries, minor scratches, were given temporary first aid, and were monitored further.
