One dead in Hanoi bus crash fire
VOV.VN - A woman has died after a 47-seat passenger bus collided with a truck and caught fire on a flyover of belt road No 3 in Trung Hoa Ward, Cau Giay District, Hanoi on July 11.
The accident occurred at around 4:50am on July 11 on a flyover of belt road No 3. The 47-seat passenger bus crashed into the trailer of a truck and the vehicles erupted into flames. |
One woman on the bus was confirmed to have died at the scene. Bui Anh The, the bus driver, was seriously injured. The bus was destroyed, as was the truck’s trailer, and a motorbike travelling beside the passenger bus also caught fire. |
The accident caused traffic congestion in the early morning. |
All of the injured people were brought to hospital. |
Three fire engines were mobilized to the scene immediately after the alarm was raised. |
Policemen are checking the scene to establish the cause of the fire. |
The tyres of the truck were melted in the heat of the flames. |
Fire engines arrive to extinguish the blaze. |
The scene of the accident is cordoned off. |
The burnt out vehicles created a lot of traffic congestion, causing difficulties for people travelling in the early morning. |