Three dead, one seriously injured in train-truck collision in Trang Bom district

04:06, 09/06/2011

(ĐN)- Three people were killed and one was seriously injured when a truck collided with an oncoming train at an unguarded level crossing in Trang Bom district, Dong Nai province on Tuesday.

(ĐN)- Three people were killed and one was seriously injured when a truck collided with an oncoming train at an unguarded level crossing in Trang Bom district, Dong Nai province on Tuesday.

The truck sustained severe damage after it collided with an oncoming train

Police said the accident occurred at 11.30 a.m. at a railway crossing at milepost 1681 km + 200 in Tan Binh hamlet, Binh Minh commune. There are no barricades to warn drivers of an oncoming train when crossing.

Two of the three passengers in the truck including a 39 year-old female and a 11 year-old boy of Ho Chi Minh city and the driver, a 20 year-old male of Tay Ninh province, died at the scene. The third passenger, a 45 year-old male of Ho Chi Minh city was taken to the hospital with serious injuries.

Reported by Tran Danh