Netizens outraged over fatal truck driver crash, many take advantage to 'steal'

The truck was smashed.

Recently, Facebook user Nguyen Duc Toan wrote a status sharing about the unfortunate accident that happened in Thuong Tin (Hanoi) with the title "Good people, bad people and scoundrels". Toan's status recounted the entire incident that happened to the truck and its driver. This share immediately received hundreds of angry comments from netizens, expressing opposition to those who "robbed" around the accident.

The truck was hit head-on by a dump truck into the cabin. Photo: FB Nguyen Duc Toan.

Previously, for personal reasons, the owner of the truck, Le Van Hieu (residing in Kim Lien commune, Nam Dan, Nghe An) with license plate 37C - 121.81, asked a friend of his, Tran Van Lam (born in 1982, from the same hometown as Kim Lien, Nam Dan, Nghe An), to drive for him, along with a co-driver.

This car was traveling on a road in Thuong Tin district (Hanoi) when a dump truck driving on the wrong side of the road crashed straight into the cabin. The strong impact killed the driver on the spot, the assistant driver was lucky to escape.

Mr. Toan recounted in detail the incident after the driver had an accident in a foreign land. While some people nearby immediately took the victim to the emergency room, some others took the opportunity to "steal" the victim's belongings.

The cabin was crushed, killing the driver. Photo: FB Nguyen Duc Toan

Mr. Toan wrote on Facebook: “What is worth mentioning here is that when getting into the cabin, someone "took the opportunity" to rummage through the money for the goods on the car and did not hesitate to take the wallet from the pocket of the brother who was on the verge of death - the wallet contained all the documents and then our brothers had to go to the place to redeem it with an offer price of 600 thousand! A taxi driver also "took the opportunity" to ask for 1.5 million for a distance of about 12 km from near Do Xa bridge to Thuong Tin hospital".

“At that time, my brother and his wife had just arrived at the end of Nghe An from Nam Dan. When everyone arrived, a family member said that the body should be washed and changed before being brought, and then helped them buy the body because they knew the place.

When he returned, he "took advantage" to ask for 1.7 million for a set of clothes + a few towels + a can of wine and the cost of helping each other! Not only that, when he knew the victim's family had not arrived yet, he also asked for more money for the body to wait if it was past 12 o'clock, while the hospital clearly stated that they would not collect any fees at the funeral home.

Then the police came to do the paperwork, did not perform an autopsy but only took a few photos and then came to the two families who were in pain because of the loss of their loved ones and collected 3 million 380 thousand from each family and said that the amount was according to regulations!”

Relatives of the victim waited at the funeral home to take the body back to his hometown. Photo: FB Nguyen Duc Toan

After sharing, Toan's status received many angry comments from the online community about his evil and inhumane actions: "Where is the humanity?", "These kinds of opportunities are so immoral", "People can still do these barbaric things", "Oh, how bitter and tragic! So sad", "People call them vultures in human form"...

Contacting Ms. Nguyen Thuy Van (Kim Lien, Nam Dan, Nghe An), the wife of the truck owner - Mr. Le Van Hieu, she confirmed that the information Mr. Toan wrote on Facebook was basically correct, even with many "mitigating" details. Ms. Van and her husband were the ones who directly witnessed most of the scene after the accident occurred.

The driver’s body has been returned to his hometown for burial. The case is pending investigation by the authorities.