Coach flips on side, killing two and injuring 17

03:05, 23/05/2019

Two people died and 17 were injured after a coach flipped on its side on National Highway 1A in Long Khánh Town in Dong Nai province on Wednesday evening.

 

Two people died and 17 were injured after a coach flipped on its side on National Highway 1A in Long Khánh Town in Dong Nai province on Wednesday evening.

A coach from HCM City to Bình Định Province flipped on its side on National Highway 1A in Long Khánh Town in the southern province of Đồng Nai on Wednesday evening. — VNA/VNS Photo Sỹ Tuyên  Read more at http://vietnamnews.vn/society/520341/coach-flips-on-side-killing-two-and-injuring-17.html#yV6O1whdbqASGzKW.99
A coach from HCM City to Binh Dinh Province flipped on its side on National Highway 1A in Long Khánh Town in the Dong Nai on Wednesday evening. — VNA/VNS Photo Sy Tuyen  

Two passengers on the coach, a 27-year-old mother and her 3-year-old daughter from the central province of Binh Dinh, were killed. The 17 people who were injured were taken to Long Khanh Hospital.

The coach was on its way from HCM City to the central province of Binh Thuan. As it was heading toward Xuan Tan Commune in Long Khanh Town, the coach driver, Nguyen Tu, 39, lost control of the vehicle.

The coach flipped on its side, colliding with a motorbike stopped on the side of the road. 

(Source:VNS)