(PLO) – Initially, the driver who caused the accident that killed 5 people in Dong Nai admitted that before the accident, his driver’s license was revoked for 3 months.
On October 1, information from Dong Nai province authorities initially revealed that driver Hoang Van Tinh (37 years old, living in Thua Thien – Hue province) was driving a sleeper passenger car at Thanh Buoi bus station, causing a particularly serious accident. serious incident that killed 5 people and injured 4 people on Highway 20. He claimed that his driver’s license was revoked for 3 months by Lam Dong Provincial Police.
According to the initial investigation by the police, at about 2:40 a.m. on September 30, driver Hoang Van Tinh, driving a passenger car, license plate number 50F-004.83, was traveling on Highway 20 from Dong Nai to Dong Nai. Lam Dong Province.
When arriving at Phu Vinh commune (Dinh Quan district), driver Tinh overtook a 1-ton truck moving in the same direction but crashed into the back of this vehicle. After colliding with the truck, Thanh Buoi’s car lost control, rushed to the left and crashed into a 16-seat Hai Dang passenger car driven by driver Nguyen Van Canh (33 years old), traveling in the opposite direction, carrying 9 passengers from Binh Thuan province. is circulating in the opposite direction.
As a result, driver Nguyen Van Canh and 3 passengers died on the spot; 4 passengers were injured. However, to date, one more injured victim has died, bringing the total number of deaths to 5 people.
After causing the accident, at 8:00 a.m. the same day, driver Hoang Van Tinh went to Dinh Quan District Police to report. Also according to driver Hoang Van Tinh’s confession, at the time of the accident, Tinh was having his driver’s license revoked for 3 months by Lam Dong Provincial Police for driving a passenger car at speed.
The Director of Road Management Department IV said that initial information determined the time of the accident, the passenger car was traveling at a speed of 69km/h, and the 16-seat car was traveling over 80km about 30 minutes before the accident. /hour.
At the meeting of the National Traffic Safety Committee and Dong Nai Provincial People’s Committee, Colonel Tran Anh Son, Deputy Director of Dong Nai Provincial Police, the police agency decided to prosecute the case and temporarily detain driver Hoang Van Tinh and the driver. driver. In addition, the police are continuing to expand to clarify the responsibilities of the car owner and those involved in this particularly serious accident.
At the meeting, Colonel Son said that for passenger cars of Thanh Buoi garage, from the beginning of the year until now, Dong Nai province police have handled 8 cases of drivers violating speed.
The Deputy Director of Dong Nai Provincial Police also affirmed that he will coordinate with Lam Dong Provincial Police to organize patrols, control and have a basic plan to ensure traffic safety on Highway 20, with special emphasis on into freight trucks and passenger cars. As for Thanh Buoi garage, the police are determined to handle it strictly, with absolutely no restricted areas and no one to intervene.
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