At the site of the accident (Photo: VNA) Vinh Phuc (VNA) - Seven people were killed and threeothers were injured on March 27 morning after a coach crashed into a funeralprocession in northern Vinh Phuc province’s Yen Lac district.
The accident happened at 5am on a road of Trung Nguyen village,Trung Nguyen commune, with the coach plowing into a group of pedestrians,killing five people instantly, while two others died later in hospital, said HoangVan Hoan, chief of office of the provincial traffic safety board.
The injured people are still under treatment in hospital and localpolice are investigating the accident, Hoan said.
Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh, who is head of the NationalCommittee for Traffic Safety and Minister of Transport Nguyen Van The senttheir condolences to the victims’ families.
Binh instructed the provincial People’s Committee and relevantagencies to deal with the aftermath and organise drug tests for all drivers oftransport businesses in the province.
He also requested Vinh Phuc province to work with the Directoratefor Roads of Vietnam to handle all potential traffic accident points onnational highways and local roads in the province.
Meanwhile, Deputy Minister of Transport Le Dinh Tho and deputy headof the National Committee for Traffic Safety Khuat Viet Hung came to the siteto extend their sympathy to the victims’ families and directed the settlementof the accident.
Earlier on January 21, a truck crashed into a group of localpeople who were walking to visit the commune’s martyrs’ cemetery inHai Duong province’s Kim Thanh district, killing eight people.-VNA
The injured people are still under treatment in hospital and localpolice are investigating the accident, Hoan said.
Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh, who is head of the NationalCommittee for Traffic Safety and Minister of Transport Nguyen Van The senttheir condolences to the victims’ families.
Binh instructed the provincial People’s Committee and relevantagencies to deal with the aftermath and organise drug tests for all drivers oftransport businesses in the province.
He also requested Vinh Phuc province to work with the Directoratefor Roads of Vietnam to handle all potential traffic accident points onnational highways and local roads in the province.
Meanwhile, Deputy Minister of Transport Le Dinh Tho and deputy headof the National Committee for Traffic Safety Khuat Viet Hung came to the siteto extend their sympathy to the victims’ families and directed the settlementof the accident.
Earlier on January 21, a truck crashed into a group of localpeople who were walking to visit the commune’s martyrs’ cemetery inHai Duong province’s Kim Thanh district, killing eight people.-VNA
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