Seven cars collided, Trung Luong - My Thuan expressway was congested for 10 km

Tien Giang: 7 cars collided in series, two people injured, Trung Luong - My Thuan expressway was jammed for about 10 km, afternoon of February 18.

7 cars collided on Trung Luong - My Thuan highway

Cars drive slowly past the accident scene. Video : Nguyen Cong Thanh

At around 4 p.m., a 7-seat car traveling on the highway through Cai Lay district suddenly collided with a 29-seat passenger bus in front of it. Due to the large number of vehicles and the short distance, the two 4-seat cars, the 16-seat passenger bus, the shrimp truck, and the sleeper bus behind continued to collide, causing a series of collisions.

Scene of the collision. Photo: Nam An

After the accident, the cars were blocking the entire lane number 1 (near the median strip), the front and rear of the cars were crumpled, many pieces of glass were scattered on the road. The front of the sleeper bus was deformed. Two people were injured, rescuers had to break the door to take the trapped sleeper bus driver to the emergency room.

The accident caused a long traffic jam on the highway. Photo: Ha Luu

At the time of the incident, there were many vehicles returning from the Western provinces to Ho Chi Minh City after Tet holiday, causing the highway to be congested for about 10 km. Many passengers climbed over the highway fence to get onto the residential area to catch another car. At about 8 pm, the traffic jam was still happening, the traffic police tried to direct traffic and clear the congestion.

Trung Luong - My Thuan Expressway passes through 5 districts of Tien Giang province. Graphics: Tran Nam

Trung Luong - My Thuan Expressway is 51 km long, 16 m wide, 4 lanes, with a total investment of more than 12,000 billion VND, and will be put into operation from April 2022. The average traffic volume on the route is currently 22,000-23,000 vehicles per day. The traffic volume is high, the route does not have an emergency lane, only stops, so accidents often occur. In the past year, the expressway recorded over 7.2 million vehicles passing through, more than 2,800 incidents, including about 100 car collisions.

Nam An

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