Police talk about information about arresting driver in Gateway School student death case
Many reports on social media said that the police had prosecuted driver Doan Quy Phien, but authorities denied the information.
On August 19, information spread on social networks about the prosecution and temporary detention of driver Doan Quy Phien (born 1966, Cau Giay, Hanoi) related to the death of Le Hoang Long (6 years old), a student at Gateway School. However, the Cau Giay District Police denied the information.
On the afternoon of August 19, a leader of the Cau Giay District Police said: The case of Long's death is still under investigation. Currently, the authorities have only initiated criminal proceedings but have not yet prosecuted any suspects. The information that driver Doan Quy Phien was prosecuted and temporarily detained is incorrect.
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According to the preliminary investigation and verification, at around 6:00 a.m. on August 6, 2019, Mr. Doan Quy Phien (born in 1966), a contract driver with Ngan Ha Transport Company Limited, picked up students of Gateway International Primary School, drove a Ford Transit car, license plate number: 29B - 069.56 from the parking lot of the Academy of Journalism and Propaganda Dormitory, in Dich Vong Hau Ward, Cau Giay, Hanoi to pick up Ms. Nguyen Bich Quy (born in 1964), a student shuttle employee of Gateway International Primary School, to pick up students to school.
The car driven by Mr. Phien picked up a total of 13 students, including Le Hoang Long at Trung Yen Plaza Building, No. 1 Trung Hoa, Trung Hoa Ward, Cau Giay, Hanoi.
At around 7:25, Mr. Phien drove the car carrying the children to the side gate of Gateway School and stopped the car at the school's side gate. After that, Ms. Quy took the students out of the car and closed the car door.
After Ms. Quy closed the car door, Mr. Phien drove the car to the parking lot of the Academy of Journalism and Communication dormitory to park the car there.
At 3:30 p.m. the same day, Mr. Phien went to the parking lot and drove the car to the gate of Gaetway International Primary School to pick up the students. When Ms. Quy took the students to the gate to get on the car, Ms. Quy did not see Long so she asked the teachers to look for him, while Ms. Quy took the 12 children to the car.
When Ms. Quy opened the car door, she discovered Long lying on his back on the floor behind the driver's seat, so she called everyone to carry Long into the school's medical room, then took Long to E Hospital for emergency treatment.
Le Hoang Long was admitted to the hospital with a purple body, dilated pupils, no light reflex, no pulse, no blood pressure. Cardiovascular resuscitation was performed. After 30 minutes, with no results, the family was informed that he had died.
On August 7, the Investigation Police Agency of Cau Giay District Police issued a Decision to prosecute the case of Involuntary Manslaughter, according to Article 128 - Penal Code./.
