Until 8:30 am on August 7, the competent forces were still directing traffic to allow the bus company to clean up the wreckage after the accident on the Vĩnh Hảo - Phan Thiết highway.
The accident occurred around 5:00 am on August 7 at km231 on the Vĩnh Hảo - Phan Thiết highway, passing through Mương Mán Commune, Hàm Thuận Nam District, Bình Thuận Province. At that time, a truck carrying oranges with license plate 64H - 026.29 was traveling on the highway in the direction of Phan Thiết - Phan Rang.
When arriving at the scene, a series of accidents occurred, with the truck colliding into the rear of a tractor-trailer with license plate 83C - 030.16 traveling in the same direction in front, causing a part of the truck's cabin to be severely damaged, broken off, and stuck on the trailer's cargo compartment.
Subsequently, the truck carrying oranges continued to collide into a tractor-trailer with a trailer 15RM - 009.34 traveling in the same direction in front. At the scene, the truck carrying oranges was severely damaged, with the front part broken and the cargo compartment shattered, causing the plastic containers carrying oranges to fall onto the road. The truck driver and assistant were injured and taken to the hospital.
The Traffic Police Team No. 6, under the General Department of Police, Ministry of Public Security, and the road patrol unit arrived at the scene to direct traffic.
After the police completed the on-site investigation, a rescue crane lifted the damaged vehicles away from the scene, and the bus company allowed people to clean up the wreckage on the road to ensure safe traffic flow.
