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Train collision kills two

Two university students in Hanoi died on the evening of 28/3 after their motorbike collided with a train while crossing a civilian railway intersection.

Two university students died instantly on the evening of 28/3 when their motorbike collided with a North-South train in Thuong Phuc commune, Hanoi. The accident occurred around 8 PM as the students crossed a civilian railway intersection. The impact dragged the motorbike about 30 meters, throwing the two victims onto the roadside.

The mangled motorbike after the accident on the evening of 28/3 in Thuong Phuc commune, Hanoi. *Photo: Thuong Phuc*

Thuong Phuc commune police identified the victims as two 23-year-old female students. One was a local resident, the other from Thanh Hoa province. Family members claimed the bodies that night to arrange funerals in their hometowns.

The cause of the accident is under investigation.

Gia Chinh

By VnExpress: https://vnexpress.net/va-cham-voi-tau-hoa-hai-nguoi-chet-5055769.html

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