Passenger Tran Huy Tung was shocked to recount the accident that killed 10 people – Photo: HA
After many hours of being taken to Ky Anh General Hospital, Mr. Tran Huy Tung (42 years old, living in Bac Ninh province) is still in shock after experiencing a bus accident that killed 10 people and injured 14 others.
Mr. Tung recalled that at around 8:00 p.m. on July 24, the bus left Nuoc Ngam bus station (Hanoi) to go to Da Nang. After midnight, the bus arrived in Ha Tinh province and stopped for about 10 minutes before continuing its journey.
At around 2am on July 25, the bus suddenly shook violently and flipped to the right. Lying on the second floor, Mr. Tung quickly crawled out and guided many other people to get out of the bus.
“At that time, the car was quite dark, with many suitcases and belongings scattered everywhere. I heard many cries for help because many people were stuck in the car and could not get out,” passenger Tung recounted.
The passenger bus was severely damaged after the accident – Photo: HA
Pham Quang Rin (27 years old, living in Da Nang City) said he woke up when he heard a loud noise and the car overturned. At that time, everyone was panicking, screaming and calling for help. The car’s windows were shattered, some people were thrown out, others were lying on top of each other.
“Everything was so chaotic at that time, I broke the window to escape. While the car was being lifted up, I saw several people lying underneath,” Mr. Rin recalled.
Mr. Hoang Dinh Phong recounts the moment he saved the victims in the accident – Photo: HA
As one of the first people to rescue the victims, Mr. Hoang Dinh Phong (42 years old, residing in Song Tri ward) said: “The scene at that time was very chaotic with many cries and cries for help from the victims”.
“It was around 2am, the whole neighborhood was quiet, everyone was sleeping when they were awakened by a loud noise. I quickly got out of bed and ran outside to see what was happening and saw the bus lying on its side in front of the house, many people inside the bus were screaming and calling for help,” said Mr. Phong.
Mr. Phong immediately called the police and then, along with some other people, took hammers to the scene to try to break the glass door to get the victim out.
“At that time, the car was overturned so it was very difficult to approach. My brother-in-law broke the rear window, and a person inside crawled out. Then the police force came to support, everyone split into groups to get into the car and pull each victim out.
People were lying everywhere, some were stuck, it was very difficult to lift each person into the ambulance,” Mr. Phong said, still in shock.
Many items on the car fell out after the accident – Photo: HA
As reported by Tuoi Tre Online , at around 2:10 a.m. on July 25, at Km571+800 on National Highway 1 in Dong Trinh residential area (Song Tri ward, Ha Tinh), a sleeper bus of Tan Kim Chi, with a license plate of Da Nang city, driven by driver Le Ngoc Thanh (36 years old, residing in Dong Quang ward, Thanh Hoa) on the Hanoi – Da Nang route, lost control at the above location, crashed into roadside milestones and overturned.
There were 28 people on the bus, including 1 driver, 1 assistant driver, 26 passengers, including 1 child under 7 years old.
The initial cause of the accident, according to the driver, was a front tire burst, causing the car to overturn.
The incident caused serious consequences, resulting in 10 deaths, of which 7 people died on the spot, 3 people died after emergency treatment, and 14 people were injured (being treated at Ky Anh Town General Hospital).
Source: Vietnam Insider