Lying on a hospital bed with many injuries on his body, Mr. Nguyen Quang Trang (born in 1979, from Hanoi) choked up as he and his wife got on a bus from Hanoi to return to Da Nang to work. At that time, it was around 2am, while everyone was sleeping, I saw the car tilted strongly, as if it had just crashed into the median strip. Before I could react, the car overturned into an empty lot, Trang recalled.
According to Mr. Trang, the car compartment was extremely chaotic at that time. Many people panicked and screamed for help. The glass broke, some passengers were thrown out, others were stuck or were crushed by vehicles due to strong collisions.
"When the car was lifted, I saw a few people lying below. Among them was my wife, Mr. Trang choked up. The health of his wife, Ms. Nguyen Thi Huong (born in 1990), is still unknown.
Meanwhile, Ms. Anh Thu (residing in Hanoi) recounted the horrifying moment. Ms. Thu and Mr. Duc Lam took a bus from Ao Xao urban area (Hanoi) to Da Nang to travel.
"We were in a sleeper bus, so we were on the first floor, at the back of the bus. When the car overturned, I only heard a very loud roar and everything changed. I didn't know what was happening, I just knew I was hit hard on the bed, my hands hurt and I couldn't sit up. Most of the dead were behind the cabin, where the driver was hit the most. Some people were crushed, some were hit by the bed wall very hard" - Ms. Thu said.
According to the report of the People's Committee of Ha Tinh province, at around 2:10 a.m. on July 25, at Km571+800 National Highway 1A, passing through Dong Trinh Residential Group, Song Tri Ward, a sleeper bus with license plate 43F-007.76 driven by Tan Kim Chi bus company (Hanoi - Da Nang route) driver Le Ngoc Thanh (born in 1989, residing in Thanh Hoa province) crashed into a milestone on the side of the road and overturned.
At the time of the accident, there were 28 people on the bus, including the driver, bus assistant and 26 passengers (including 1 child under 7 years old). As a result, 10 people died - of which 7 died on the spot, 3 died after emergency care.
The remaining injured people are being treated at Ky Anh General Hospital. Ha Tinh Provincial Police are investigating, examining the scene and technically assessing the vehicle to determine the official cause.
