Highway 1A clogged as vehicles tail up 30 km
Print By Sunday night, traffic on the arterial national Highway 1A in the central region ground to a halt as vehicles queued up for 30 km from the Ca Mountain Pass in Phu Yen to Khanh Hoa’s Van Gia town.
Many passengers had to leave their buses and lay down on the sidewalks to rest.
Quite a few had to wait on an empty stomach since thousands of cars, coaches and buses were stranded in an open field miles away from the nearest house or food shop.
According to some drivers, the reason for the traffic jam is that a container truck and a passenger bus broke down at the Ca Pass.
The north-south railway also could face a similar fate.
Railway officer Pham Thi Huong told Tuoi Tre that two trucks were stuck on the railway Sunday morning and it took a long time to clear the area.
She suspected that the tracks could be clogged soon with the chaotic current traffic.
Passengers playing cards to while away the time
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