The vehicle carrying disabled people that crashed in Nghe An, killing 3 people, had expired.

Regarding the serious accident involving car with license plate 29A-1636 in Bac Ly commune, Ky Son district on December 11, which killed 3 people, the National Traffic Safety Committee has issued an official dispatch requesting to strengthen the management of expired road vehicles.

The report of the Vietnam Register shows that the 15-seat car with license plate 29A - 1636 (fake license plate) has license plate 29K-1636, brand - model number: TOYOTA - HIACE, manufactured in 1996 in Japan. The car was last inspected on May 31, 2014, with an inspection date of August 30, 2014. According to regulations, car 29K-1636 has expired since January 1, 2017.

The car lost its brakes and crashed into the cliff. Photo: Archive

According to the National Traffic Safety Committee, the fact that vehicle 29K-1636 has expired its usage period is still blatantly operating in serious violation of the law. It shows the lax management, lack of determination, inspection and control of the authorities towards expired vehicles in the locality.

To thoroughly prevent the above situation, promptly detect and strictly handle violations of expired vehicles, and strictly implement Directive No. 29/CT-TTg dated October 5, 2016 on handling expired and over-inspected road vehicles, the National Traffic Safety Committee requests the Chairman of the People's Committee and Head of the Traffic Safety Committee of Nghe An province to direct the province's functional agencies to strengthen patrols, control, detect and punish organizations and individuals who operate expired road vehicles on roads contrary to regulations, focusing on areas with many violating vehicles such as rural and mountainous areas.

Local authorities, based on the list sent annually by the Vietnam Register, organize the recall of expired license plates of cars; encourage owners of expired cars to stop operating them and proactively dismantle, destroy or sell them to units specializing in dismantling and destroying old, damaged, and expired vehicles. Strengthen propaganda and advocacy work to advise people not to buy, sell, or use vehicles that have expired.

The accident killed 3 people, including 2 who died on the spot. Photo: Archive

Previously, as reported by Nghe An Newspaper, at 8:40 a.m. on December 11, a serious traffic accident occurred in Huoi Cang 2 village, Bac Ly commune, Ky Son district. A car with license plate 29A-1636 carrying 7 people from the Charity Art Troupe, belonging to the Vietnam Humanitarian Vocational Training Center to create jobs for disabled children, crashed into a cliff while going downhill.

The accident resulted in two deaths on the spot: driver Nguyen Cong Minh (born in 1969) and Nguyen Thi Thuan (born in 1982), both residing in Nam Thanh commune, Nam Dan district. The next day, the third victim, Quang Tin (born in 1999, residing in Tuong Duong district), also died on the way to Nghe An General Hospital due to a traumatic brain injury.

The cause of the accident was initially determined to be that the car lost its brakes and crashed into a cliff.