Rescue teams October 22 found bus tragedy’s the fifteenth dead body in a section of the Lam River in the central province of Ha Tinh.
Nguyen Van Tuyen’s body was found near Ben Thuy Bridge, which crosses the Lam River, about five kilometres far from the place to life the bus.
The bus was lifted on October 21 with ten dead passengers inside from the Lam River.
Four dead were found in sections of the Lam River on the same day.
To date, five more people are missing and rescuers are still looking for them.
Earlier, another 17 passengers managed to escape or were rescued.
The bus from National Highway 1A was swept away by raging floodwaters from the Lam River on October 19.
Floodwaters in the province are forecast to stay high for at least the next three days.
Flooding caused by heavy rains has claimed 76 lives and left six missing, according to central provinces ’ latest statistics.
They include 15 passengers on bus 48K-5868 that was swept away by flood waters and found on Oct. 21, 24 people in Nghe An province, 20 in Ha Tinh province, 12 in Quang Binh province and five people in Thanh Hoa province.
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