Two killed in Thai Binh while fixing flat tire
VOV.VN - Two area residents were killed when struck by an oncoming truck in the early morning hours of January 10 while fixing a flat tire next to National Highway 10.
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Police officials said the accident happened just after 5am at the Km 89+900 marker on National Highway 10 in Tan Lap Commune of the Vu Thu District in Thai Binh Province when a man and a woman were working on a truck with a flat tire.
Hai Lan, 26, the driver of the disabled truck and his wife Dinh Thi Lan were killed instantly.
Vu Van Thanh, 33, the driver of the second vehicle, hauling cement, which struck the disabled vehicle, was seriously injured and taken to a local hospital.
A truck was pulled over on the side of the road with two people working on it when a second truck came at highway speed and ran into the first truck, said a witness. Both people working on the truck were pronounced deceased at the scene.
Highway 10 was closed for several hours as investigators cleared the scene.
Police officials asked drivers to take safety measures when vehicles break down.
Just because you are on the side of the road doesn’t necessarily mean it is not dangerous, they said. Look around you, try to find a safe spot where others are driving at slow speeds.
