Five dead and nine injured in Lang Son road accident
VOV.VN - Five people were killed and nine others injured in a road accident which occurred on October 31 on National Highway 1A in the northern province of Lang Son.
Accordingly, at 2:10 a.m. on National Highway 1A’s km70+800, a 16-seater bus with the license plate 14B - 036.57 crashed into a semi-trailer which was broken and parked on the same side of the road.
The bus then continued to collide with a container truck that was travelling in the opposite direction.
The deadly crash killed four people on the bus immediately, while another died after being taken to a medical facility. In addition, nine other injured passengers were taken to the hospital to receive treatment.
Upon receiving news of the collision, functional forces arrived at the scene to urgently carry out rescue work and to start regulating traffic.
The case is now under further investigation.
