SOUTH VIETNAM: 10 DIE AS TRUCK IS DESTROYED IN MINE BLAST

Record ID: 376982

  • Title: SOUTH VIETNAM: 10 DIE AS TRUCK IS DESTROYED IN MINE BLAST
  • Date: 21st December 1969
  • Summary: TRUCK ON ROAD; HAMLET; CRATER IN ROAD; DEAD IN TRUCK; PLANTATION WORKERS; HOSPITAL; WOUNDED WOMEN; BANDAGED GIRL. Initials AB/VS/JF/SGM Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 5th January 1970 13:00
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  • Location: QUAN LOI, SOUTH VIETNAM
  • Country: Vietnam
  • Reuters ID: LVAEOY0Y191N2ZOOBH9YROAJQSKZ
  • Story Text: TEN PEOPLE DIED IN A MINE BLAST WHICH DESTROYED A LORRY CARRYING SUPPLIES TO THE QUAN LOI RUBBER PLANTATION IN SOUTH VIETNAM ON 17 DECEMBER. SEVERAL OTHERS WERE HURT.

    THE PLANTATION IS PRIVATELY OWNED BY A FRENCH COMPANY AND THE DEATHS OCCURRED WHEN A LORRY CARRYING THE WORKERS RAN OVER A MINE. ANOTHER LORRY WAS RUSHED TO THE SPOT TO CARRY THE DEAD AND WOUNDED TO HOSPITAL, BUT EMERGENCY TREATMENT FAILED TO SAVE 10 OF THEM.
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