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Aussie killed in Vietnam landslide

Two women, one Australian and the other American, were killed after a large rock struck the car they were travelling in near the mountainous hill town of Sapa in northern Vietnam, police said Wednesday. The Vietnamese driver of the Russian jeep was also killed in Tuesday's accident, while another American woman was slightly injured.

A spokesman for the Australian Embassy in Hanoi said the vehicle was stationary at the time and that road construction was taking place nearby. He said the victim was a resident of Queensland in her late-60s. The US Consulate could not be contacted for details on the two Americans involved, but a traffic policeman in Lao Cai province said the US national who was killed was in her mid-70s.

The policeman said the accident was the result of a landslide triggered by heavy rain the night before. He also said the bodies of the two foreign nationals were being kept in Sapa for medical examination.

Australian Associated Press - March 17, 2004