Two people were killed and 26 injured after a train collided with six cars in Dong Nai Province on Sunday night.

Six cars were seriously damaged in the accident. Photo by DTiNews

Witnesses said the South-North passenger train departing from HCM City hit the cars that were travelling in the same direction on Ghenh Bridge in Bien Hoa City\'s Buu Hoa Ward at around 8.10 pm.

The accident killed 20-year-old Tran Ngoc Tuan and his 49-year-old father Tran Ngoc Khai, who were driving a private car across the brigde.

The 26 injured people were taken to the Dong Nai General Hospital. A doctor at the hospital said victims with critical injuries were later transferred to the Cho Ray Hospital in HCM City.

It is said that inoperative railroad signs at the bridge could have caused the accident.

Nguyen Van Luong, the linesman on duty at Ghenh Bridge, was quoted by the Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper as saying that he had warned the passenger train of a traffic jam on Ghenh Bridge when it reached Di An District in Binh Duong, some 5km to the south of the site, but the warning was ignored.

According to Dong Nai Traffic Police, this is the most serious railroad accident to take place in Bien Hoa City so far.

Normal road and railroad traffic resumed Monday morning on the Ghenh Bridge.