Criminal detention of driver who caused accident that killed 3 people in a family

• February 3, 2017 10:15

(Baonghean.vn) - Driver Lai was detained for investigation of violating road traffic regulations causing particularly serious consequences.

On the morning of February 3, Colonel Luong The Loc - Head of Thanh Chuong District Police said that the unit has completed the file to hand over driver Pham Van Lai (42 years old, residing in Hung Loc Commune, Vinh City) to the Department of Police Investigation of Social Order Crimes (PC45) of the Provincial Police to continue to expand the investigation of the particularly serious accident that killed 3 people in a family.

Accident scene. Photo: Huy Thu

According to Colonel Loc, the initial results of the alcohol test of driver Lai showed that the police recorded that driver Lai had an alcohol concentration exceeding the permitted limit (0.37 milligrams/liter of breath).

The results of the examination of the traces at the scene showed that the truck collided head-on with the motorbike on the bridge, then hit the bridge wall, and came to rest on the left side of the road. At the time of the accident, only the driver, Lai, was in the truck cabin.

LikeNghe An Newspaperreported that at around 1:00 p.m. on February 1, Vo Van Tinh (30 years old, in Thanh Duong commune, Thanh Chuong district) and his mother, wife and 3-year-old son were driving a motorbike on Ro bridge (Vo Liet commune, Thanh Chuong district) when they suddenly collided with a truck going in the opposite direction.

After the strong collision, Mr. Tinh lost one of his legs. His mother and wife were thrown over the bridge railing, fell into the river below and died on the spot.

Baby Huy (3 years old, son of Mr. Tinh) died in the emergency room at Nghe An Obstetrics and Pediatrics Hospital due to severe injuries. After the accident, driver Lai went to Thanh Chuong District Police to present himself.

On the morning of February 2, local authorities and families completed burial procedures for the three unfortunate victims. Mr. Tinh is currently receiving intensive care at Nghe An Orthopedic Trauma Hospital after surgery, with one leg severed and unable to be reattached.

According to Dr. Lawyer Nguyen Trong Hai - Head of Trong Hai and Associates Law Office:

In Article 8, the Road Traffic Law stipulates a group of prohibited acts for drivers of motor vehicles.

In particular, for drivers and passengers of cars and similar vehicles violating road traffic rules, if the alcohol concentration exceeds 50 milligrams - 80 milligrams/100 milliliters of blood or exceeds 0.25 milligrams - 0.4 milligrams/1 liter of breath, the fine is 7 million - 8 million VND (In the accident, driver Lai had an alcohol concentration exceeding 0.37 milligrams/liter of breath - PV). The driver's license will be revoked for 3 to 5 months. Based on the nature and severity of the accident, the driver may be criminally prosecuted./.

Nam Phuc