A violent early-morning head on crash today of a tour bus carrying 30 passengers and a semi-trailer on National Highway 1A in Thanh Hoa Province, has left dozens seriously injured.


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Police and fire rescuers responded to reports of a vehicle collision on National Highway 1A shortly after 6:30am and arrived to find the passenger bus engulfed in a ball of fire.






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Police said rescue crews worked quickly to pull survivors out through bus windows.





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Details of precisely what happened are still sketchy.






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However, eyewitness report the bus swerved to avoid striking a pedestrian on a bicycle and ran head on into an oncoming semi- trailer truck.





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Police officials confirmed that the bus and truck are a total loss.





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Police and hospital officials are not releasing any info at this time, but it is believed there are thankfully no life-threatening injuries.





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Traffic on National Highway 1A was blocked for hours.







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