Three killed in a bus-container truck collision

The scene of the truck-bus collision in northern coastal Quảng Ninh Province on Wednesday night. — VNA/VNS Photo

QUẢNG NINH — A container truck collided with a bus head-on in northern coastal Quảng Ninh Province on Wednesday night, killing three people.

The accident happened at 10.30pm on the National Highway No18 passing Hải Hà District’s Quảng Ninh Commune.

Hoàng Quang Hải, director of the provincial Department of Transport, said the truck travelling in the Móng Cái-Hạ Long direction lost control and crashed into a nine-seater bus on the opposite side, killing a driver and two passengers.

The provincial police are investigating the cause of the accident. — VNS

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