Minister Mai Tien Dung: Do not repeat heartbreaking accidents like the neck-slitting incident

The Prime Minister's working group requested Hanoi to strictly control vehicles carrying bulky goods, to prevent the recurrence of tragic accidents on the streets.

Working at the Hanoi People's Committee on September 26, Minister and Head of the Government Office Mai Tien Dung said that two consecutive fatal accidents caused by collisions with trucks carrying corrugated iron on the street have caused concern and worry for people across the country. The Prime Minister asked Hanoi to "think and worry about finding effective solutions".

The Prime Minister's working group works in Hanoi. Photo: Nhat Bac

According to Major General Doan Duy Khuong, Director of Hanoi Police, in the first 9 months of the year, the city has penalized 3,357 cases of transporting goods exceeding the permitted length and height, and detained more than 1,000 vehicles. Of these, 570 were self-made three-wheeled vehicles, impersonating war invalids, and carrying bulky goods. Authorities are liquidating 220 vehicles and completing procedures to liquidate 350 vehicles.

Hanoi Police leaders said that the situation related to the transport of bulky goods in the city has decreased in terms of both the number of cases, deaths and injuries compared to 2015, however, there was still a heartbreaking accident recently that killed a child and a woman related to corrugated iron. In the coming time, Hanoi's functional forces will continue to take drastic measures to ensure order and traffic safety for the people.

"Hanoi needs to strictly control vehicles carrying bulky goods on the streets, to avoid repeating the tragic accidents that make people worried," Minister Mai Tien Dung expressed a resolute attitude.

According to VNE