The bus driver later admitted to authorities that he had been feeling drowsy at the wheel.
The collision occurred at around 2:15 a.m. as Doan Minh Quang, 42, was driving the passenger bus on the Phan Thiet-Dau Giay Expressway.
As the bus reached a section in Lam Dong Province, it slammed into the rear of a truck that had stopped in the emergency lane.
The accident scene on the Phan Thiet-Dau Giay Expressway in the early hours of Aug. 15, 2026. Photo by VnExpress/Nguyen Tu
The severe impact crushed the front of the passenger bus and heavily damaged the rear of the truck.
