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After causing the accident, driver Nguyen Van Thau continued to drive away from the scene, killing 1 person and seriously injuring 10 others.
On the evening of December 30, authorities in Binh Dinh province arrested the container truck driver who caused a series of accidents.accidentin An Nhon town, Binh Dinh province in the afternoon of the same day.
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| Authorities examine the scene |
On the same afternoon, a truck with license plate 77C-15.414 pulling a trailer 77R-00681, driven by Nguyen Van Thau (36 years old), residing in Nhon Phuc commune, An Nhon town, was on provincial road 639B. When reaching the area of Nhon Loc and Nhon Phuc communes, An Nhon town, the truck crashed into many vehicles on the road.
The consequences caused VTP (10th grade student, residing in Nhon Phuc commune) to die on the spot, 10 others were seriously injured and had to be hospitalized.
At the scene, along Provincial Road 639B, there were 9 collision points with damaged motorbikes and bicycles. After causing the accident, driver Nguyen Van Thau continued to drive away from the scene.
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| Accident scene in Nhon Loc commune, An Nhon town, Binh Dinh province. |
At 5:30 p.m. the same day, driver Thau was stopped and arrested by the authorities at Tuy Phuoc Traffic Police Station at Km1216, National Highway 1A, in Tuy Phuoc District, Binh Dinh Province. Immediately after that, the subject was handed over to An Nhon Town Police for temporary detention and investigation according to authority.
Colonel Huynh Bao Nguyen - Deputy Director of Binh Dinh Provincial Police said that Binh Dinh Provincial Police are urgently investigating and clarifying the case.
"The authorities have detained the vehicle that caused the accident and examined the scene. The An Nhon Town Police Department will preside over it, and the provincial police departments will coordinate with the Criminal Investigation Department and the Traffic Police Department to investigate the scene and detain the vehicle," said Colonel Huynh Bao Nguyen./.