A tank truck plunged into a pothole and overturned on a Ho Chi Minh City street Tuesday, causing panic in the area.
Le Manh Huong, 32, was driving the vehicle on Kha Van Can Street in Thu Duc District when its front left wheel entered the sand-covered hole and fell on its side.
Huong managed to open the door and jump out.
The truck hit a Lexus car in the mishap and damaged its back but there were no casualties.
The accident held up traffic for two hours until the truck was removed.
It is not known what cargo the vehicle was carrying.
Eyewitnesses said there was a drainpipe under the pothole. Tran Van Phuong, a local resident, told Tuoi Tre the pothole may have been caused by water leaking from the pipe.
He said workers from the Thu Duc Water Supply Joint Stock Company found leakages in the pipe a month ago after he informed them of a leakage in his house.
But the company has yet to fix it, he added.
Local authorities have promised to investigate the incident.
Last Saturday Ha Thi Tuyet Mai, 42, was run over by a truck when her motorcycle toppled after hitting a manhole cover on the same street.
She died on the spot but her 13-year-old son escaped unhurt after falling on the pavement.
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