Heavy load

A 40-foot container trailer truck, en route from Đồng Nai Province to HCM City, collided with a pillar of an under-construction overpass on National Road 1. A 20m pillar then came crashing down onto the container and the barriers surrounding the construction site. No one was hurt but traffic was disrupted for hours on the busy section. Police are investigating the cause of the incident. VNA/VNS Photo

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