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Five injured after passenger bus crashes into tractor-trailer in Hà Tĩnh

From Thanh Niên · () Vietnamese

Translated from Vietnamese and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • A sleeper bus collided with a tractor-trailer on the Bãi Vọt-Hàm Nghi Expressway in Hà Tĩnh, injuring five passengers.
  • Both vehicles blocked much of the northbound-southbound route, causing prolonged congestion before authorities diverted traffic through a nearby interchange.
  • Officials said conditions were dry with good visibility, and they opened an investigation into the crash.

Five people were injured early September 6 when a sleeper bus struck a tractor-trailer on the Bãi Vọt-Hàm Nghi Expressway in Hà Tĩnh province.

The bus, traveling south with numerous passengers, collided at about 3:50 a.m. with a tractor-trailer and trailer moving ahead in the same direction. The crash occurred at Km 508+000 in Toàn Lưu commune. The injured passengers suffered mainly neck, arm and leg injuries and were taken to hospital.

Both vehicles sustained heavy damage and came to rest across lane two, blocking most of the expressway and causing prolonged congestion. Traffic police and highway management units directed vehicles off the expressway at the interchange with Provincial Road 548 in Đồng Lộc commune, sending them onto National Highway 1.

Authorities said the weather was dry, visibility was good, the road surface was in good condition and traffic signs and safety equipment were fully installed. They were investigating the cause of the collision.

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Originally published by Thanh Niên in Vietnamese. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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