Truck overturns in SE Asia’s largest underwater tunnel

A truck moving at high speed lost control and overturned in Saigon river tunnel, Ho Chi Minh City, at 1.40 pm on November 25.
A truck moving at high speed lost control and overturned in Saigon river tunnel, Ho Chi Minh City, at 1.40 pm on November 25.

The upturned truck was removed from the site at 2.30 pm, allowing traffic to continue. No casualties were reported.

This is the second similar incident to occur in Southeast Asia’s largest underwater tunnel since it was opened in November 2011.

The 1.49km tunnel is 33m wide and 9m high. It has six lanes and two emergency exit lanes on either side.-VNA

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