One dead and four injured after sleeper bus overturns

October 09, 2019 - 16:31

One passenger was killed and four others seriously injured when a sleeper bus overturned in central Hà Tĩnh Province’s Sơn Trung Commune.

Emergency service workers at the scene where the sleeper bus overturned in the field in central Hà Tĩnh Province’s Sơn Trung Commune. — VNA/VNS Photo

HÀ TĨNH — One passenger was killed and four others seriously injured when a sleeper bus overturned in central Hà Tĩnh Province’s Sơn Trung Commune.

At 4am on Wednesday, the bus carrying 20 passengers was travelling on Hồ Chí Minh Route in Sơn Trung Commune when it sudden lost control and overturned into a field.

Phan Thanh Hải, head of Sơn Trung Commune’s Police Office said the victim was a 29-year-old man from central Nghệ An Province’s Nghi Lộc District.

Police are investigating the cause of the accident. — VNS

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