179 people died in traffic accidents during 6 days of Tet holiday
The National Traffic Safety Committee said that during the 6-day Lunar New Year holiday, there were 231 accidents nationwide, killing 179 people and injuring 186 people.
According to a quick report from the National Traffic Safety Committee, on February 19 (the 4th day of Tet), there were 35 traffic accidents nationwide, including 29 traffic accidents and 6 road traffic collisions, killing 24 people and injuring 37.
Local traffic police forces have patrolled, controlled, detected and handled 1,665 cases of traffic safety violations, imposed fines of VND310 million, detained 422 violating vehicles and 186 documents of various types, and revoked 101 driving licenses.
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| People were upset and protested the reconstruction of the scene of a traffic accident on the first day of Tet that killed one person in Can Loc, Ha Tinh because they believed that the car that caused the accident had changed its license plate. |
People were upset and protested the reconstruction of the scene of a traffic accident on the first day of Tet that killed one person in Can Loc, Ha Tinh because they believed that the car that caused the accident had changed its license plate.
The National Traffic Safety Committee said that during the 6-day Lunar New Year holiday (from the 29th to the 4th day of the Lunar New Year), traffic accidents were complicated.
In particular, traffic accidents increased continuously for 4 days from the 30th to the 3rd of Tet; the main causes were driving after drinking alcohol, speeding, not wearing helmets when riding motorbikes; the majority of traffic accidents were motorcyclists.