A serious accident between a train and a tipper truck in the central Vietnamese province of Thua Thien-Hue has claimed at least three lives and derailed several carriages from the railway.
A serious accident between a train and a tipper truck in the central Vietnamese province of Thua Thien-Hue has claimed at least three lives and derailed several carriages from the railway.
Train SE2 traveling from Ho Chi Minh City to Hanoi was approaching its stop in Thua Thien-Hue when it collided with a tipper truck at around 2:40 pm on Monday.
The impact removed the truck’s cabin, and caused it to flipped over, with the locomotive and four carriages derailed.
Three people were killed in the crash, including Le Ba Dung and Le Van Tuan, who were in the truck, and Pham Hong Phuong, 33, who was a security official on the train.
Phuong’s body was stuck in one of the affected carriages and was only retrieved about 7:30 pm on the day of the accident.
The train was carrying 226 passengers, including several foreign travelers. Some of the passengers suffered minor injuries and were treated at the nearby Chan May Hospital.
The Thua Thien-Hue-based Binh Tri Thien Railway JSC employed several cars and buses to transport the stranded travelers to the train station in the province’s Hue City.
The passengers were then able to resume their south-to-north journey on the SE7 train at 8:00 pm on the same day.
The tipper truck was destroyed and flipped over after the crash. Photo: Tuoi Tre
At the scene of the accident, about 150 kilometers of railroad was distorted, with competent authorities exerting all efforts to fix it and to crane the damaged passenger cars out of the area.
The work was carried out overnight and was completed by Tuesday morning, allowing the resumption of normal railroad operations.
Truong Hoa Binh, deputy prime minister and chairman of the National Committee for Traffic Safety, has requested local authorities to investigatre the cause of the accident and penalize those responsible.
According to Vu Thanh Minh, captain of the SE2 train, he was aware that the train was reaching an intersection and had pulled the train’s whistle to signal to any incoming vehicles.
Minh used the emergency break as soon as he spotted the tipper truck but was unable to avoid the collision.
Speaking with Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper, Nguyen Van Phuong, vice-chairman of the Thua Thien-Hue People’s Committee, assessed that the crash was caused by the truck driver’s carelessness.
There were warning signs at the level crossing, Phuong continued.
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