Will prosecute the subject who crashed the car and caused trouble at the Ben Thuy 2 BOT toll station

On February 11, 2019, Hung Nguyen District Police said they had initiated proceedings to prosecute the case, prosecute the accused, and detain Nguyen Quang Tuy for resisting a person on official duty.

Accordingly, at about 3:00 p.m. on February 9, 2019, Nguyen Quang Tuy (born in 1970, residing in Tan Bac village, Ea Kenh commune, Krong Pac district, Dak Lak province) drove a car with license plate 47A-130.89 carrying 3 men from Ha Tinh to Nghe An and caused a disturbance at the Ben Thuy 2 BOT toll station.

Subject Nguyen Quang Tuy (striped shirt). Photo: Quynh Trang

Specifically,When arriving at the Ben Thuy 2 BOT toll station, at the ticket checking position, Tuy gave the toll station staff 1,600 VND to buy a ticket to pass through the station, but the toll station staff did not sell the ticket because he was still short 38,400 VND. Although he requested to write a debt note, and that he would pay the full amount when he passed through the station later, the ticket sales staff did not agree.

At this time, Tuy drove the car through the barrier in front, crashed into the soft median strip, drove through the toll booth and continued driving north. At km 444+220 of National Highway 1A, the Traffic Police Department of Nghe An Province signaled the car to stop.

While the traffic police asked for documents, Tuy did not comply, but the people accompanying him filmed it live and broadcast it on social media with a defiant attitude.

The car was detained. Photo: Quynh Trang

At 7:00 p.m. the same day, the Traffic Police of Nghe An Province, Nghi Loc District Police in coordination with Hung Nguyen District Police asked Tuy to drive the car carrying 3 men to Hung Nguyen District Police headquarters for questioning.

At about 9:00 p.m. the same day, when the police decided to temporarily detain the vehicle and were working, Nguyen Quang Tuy arbitrarily got into the car and locked the door.

The authorities repeatedly asked the subject to get out of the car to continue working, but Tuy did not comply and instead started the car and drove straight into the officers and soldiers.

In the early morning of February 10, 2019, with sufficient evidence to prove Nguyen Quang Tuy's criminal behavior, the authorities broke the car window, arrested the subject, and made a record of the arrest of the criminal, temporarily detaining him to investigate and clarify the act of "resisting a person on official duty".