Thanh Binh pier in An Giang Province

A driver’s assistant was killed and at least two passengers were missing in the An Giang Province Tuesday morning when a bus lost control and hit a ferry boat on a nearby pier after sliding off the road.

According to eyewitnesses, the bus and ferry then floated hundreds of meters offshore until passengers broke bus windows to escape.

Both vehicles then sunk.

A nearby fishing boat and workers at the pier rushed to save the passangers before the province police arrived.

Initial investigations by the An Giang Police showed that the driver’s assistant, a local named Phong, was killed in the heavy collision between the bus and the ferry boat. The missing include a woman and a six-year-old child, police said.

Rescue forces are scouring for the victims.

Reported by Duc Vinh