Fireman dies in accident, another injured

March 19, 2018 | 16:32
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A fireman of the Hanoi Fire Prevention and Fighting Police Department died after suffering multiple injuries in an accident, the department said on Monday.
fireman dies in accident another injured
The rescue truck at the accident scene. - VNA/VNS Photo

Colonel Tran Ngoc Duong, deputy director of the department, said another fireman who was seriously injured was being treated at Bach Mai Hospital for a broken collarbone.

On Sunday afternoon, a rescue truck of the fire department with seven firemen was pressed to service to rescue the victims of a crash between a coach and a truck near Van Diem-Do Xa toll booth on Phap Van-Cau Gie Expressway.

On the way, the rescue truck, which was going from Hanoi to Ninh Binh, collided with a 45-seater coach, with the registration number 29B-078.43, coming from the opposite direction. The accident took place near Thuong Tin toll booth in Thuong Tin district's Van Binh commune.

The victims, including five persons from the coach, two firemen with minor injuries and four firemen with serious injuries, were rushed to Bach Mai Hospital, according to Duong.

Besides the officer with a broken collarbone, all others have been discharged from the hospital.

The victims stranded in the accident on Phap Van-Cau Gie Expressway were rescued.

VNA

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