The driver of a car lost control of her vehicle and hit and killed three people, including a six-year-old child, in Ha Noi's Long Bien District this morning.

Three people are killed including a six-year-old child after a car driver looses control of her vehicle  and hits several motobikes in Ha Noi's Long Bien District. — Photo vietnamplus.vn

The accident occurred at about 7.30am in front of house No.33 on Ai Mo Street in Bo De Ward, when a Camry, with registration number 29A-86623, crashed into several motorbikes travelling in the same direction, head of No.5 Traffic Police Colonel Nguyen Duc Chung said.

The car, which was reportedly being driven by a young woman, stopped only after it climbed a pavement and smashed into a tree.

Next to the car, the front part of which was severely damaged, lay three motorbikes and their broken parts on the pavement.

Local resident Nguyen Thi Truc, 47, who lived in house No.58 on the same street, was run over by the car while she was walking on the sidewalk. The car also hit 64-year-old Tran Viet Tien and his six-year-old granddaughter Tran Gia Han. Tien was reportedly taking his grandchild to school when the accident happened.

Truc and Tien died instantly, while the child died on the way to hospital.

Residents said the critically injured child could not be taken to hospital immediately as the ambulance did not appear for at least 45 minutes even after the residents made emergency calls.

The ward police later had to use the unit's mini truck to rush the victim to hospital.

The police are looking for the car driver who fled the scene after the accident.

Long Bien District Police Deputy Head Colonel Nguyen Viet Chuc said the police had managed to identify the driver as a 25-year-old woman who also lives in the same neighbourhood. 

VNS