Giving car to child without driver's license causes accident, both mother and child are prosecuted
Ms. Hoang Thi Kim Lan handed over the motorbike to her son, Nguyen Van Quang Huy (born 2005), to drive. Huy caused a traffic accident with another vehicle, killing one person and injuring another.
On May 7, the Investigation Police Agency of Hue City (Thua Thien Hue) announced that it had just added a decision to prosecute a criminal case against Ms. Hoang Thi Kim Lan (born in 1978, residing in Thuy Xuan ward, Hue city) for handing over the vehicle to an unqualified person to drive, leading to an accident.
Before that, Ms. Lan gave her son Nguyen Van Quang Huy (born 2005) the motorbike to drive. When Huy drove to Minh Mang Street, Thuy Xuan Ward (Hue City), he caused a traffic accident with another vehicle, killing one person and injuring another.
At this time, Huy also suffered multiple injuries, traumatic brain injury, complex skull fractures... and had to be hospitalized for emergency treatment. After collecting evidence and investigating to clarify Huy's participation in traffic without a driver's license, the Hue City Police Department decided to initiate criminal proceedings against Nguyen Van Quang Huy.
After an extended investigation, the Hue City Police Department has continued to supplement the decision to prosecute Ms. Hoang Thi Kim Lan for the act of handing over the vehicle to an unqualified person to drive the vehicle on the road.
