Sleepy driver may have caused bus crash

04:07, 21/07/2007

The driver in Monday’s serious bus crash who is suspected of sleeping at the wheel while driving on National Highway No. 1A in the southern Dong Nai Province has been arrested and brought to court, said provincial police yesterday.

The driver in Monday’s serious bus crash who is suspected of sleeping at the wheel while driving on National Highway No. 1A in the southern Dong Nai Province has been arrested and brought to court, said provincial police yesterday.

 

Vo Duy Tung, 38, from the central province of Quang Ngai, lost control of his vehicle and crashed into oncoming traffic, including two buses, five motorbikes and a bicycle.

 

Seven people were killed and 23 seriously injured in the accident.

(Source: VNS)