A.ccident camera at Phu My Bridge with a car without brakes, the v.ictim recounted

Security cameras show that, while descending the slope of Phu My Bridge, suddenly a truck rushed quickly and crashed into a series of 4 cars running in front. Not stopping, the truck continued to rush up and force a 4-seater truck to stick to the rear of the container truck.

News from the National Traffic Safety Committee, at around 14:40 on August 8, a series of accidents occurred on the Vo Chi Cong route (at the foot of Phu My Bridge, Thanh My Loi Ward, Thu Duc City, Ho Chi Minh City). Ho Chi Minh City).

The incident occurred in the lane from District 7 to Thu Duc City with many related vehicles including: Truck driven by D. (born in 1989, hometown of Kien Giang); car driven by L.K.L. (born in 1983, hometown of Ho Chi Minh City. Ho Chi Minh City) behind the wheel; the truck was driven by P.V.P. (in Bac Lieu); the tractor is driven by P.V.Q. (born in 1979, hometown of Binh Dinh).

There are also cars: Cars owned by V.T.A. (born in 1969, in Ho Chi Minh City. Ho Chi Minh City) behind the wheel; car driven by N.T.S. (born in 1955, in Ho Chi Minh City. Ho Chi Minh City) behind the wheel; the tractor was driven by D.V.S. (born in 1993, in Binh Duong) and a car with an unknown driver. Security cameras show that, while descending the bridge slope, suddenly a truck rushed into a series of 4 vehicles running in front. Not stopping, the truck continued to rush up and force a 4-seater truck to stick to the rear of the container truck.

According to the authorities, the initial assessment was determined that the refrigerated truck with the license plate of Kien Giang province driven by a driver named D. (37 years old) lost control, slid on Phu My Bridge (direction of District 7 to Thu Duc City) and then hit many vehicles in front of him. Through initial information, the police determined that 1 v.ictim was injured; at the same time, a fire occurred at the scene, damaging 8 cars.

After the incident, the traffic police were present at the scene to divide and restrict traffic on the route to examine the scene and investigate to clarify the cause of the a.ccident.

Driver D. said that this morning, he drove a truck carrying food for lobsters including small seafood from Kien Giang to Ho Chi Minh City. Nha Trang (Khanh Hoa). In the afternoon, when passing through Phu My Bridge, when going downhill, he heard an explosion, suspected of bursting the air pipe, then the car slipped downhill without brakes, could not stop the car, the car kept plunging downhill, the male driver only knew how to pray to God, then steered to try to avoid other vehicles, But the speed of the plunge became faster and faster and then hit many cars running in the same direction.

After the truck stopped, Mr. D. quickly got out of the car and saw two cars sticking to the front of his car, the violent fire made him shocked.

Detecting the incident, many people assisted in taking the drivers away from the scene. After the strong impact, 1 car caught fire and then spread to the front of the truck and 1 other car. At the scene, there were at least 6 severely damaged vehicles, of which 3 vehicles were burned down, completely blocking the car lane at the foot of Phu My Bridge.

The impact of the a.ccident caused a traffic jam lasting more than 3km from Phu My Bridge to Nguyen Van Linh Street. In the opposite direction, Vo Chi Cong street is also congested. The scene of the a.ccident lasted for a long time, every 10-20 meters there was a vehicle lying paralyzed.

Realizing that a serious a.ccident occurred, many passersby stopped to extinguish the fire and rescue people trapped in the car. Some people in distress were rescued by people and taken to the hospital. The emotional moments of saving people from the a.ccident on Phu My Bridge are receiving great applause from the online community. Up to now, the identity of one of the drivers rescued after the a.ccident has been identified as L.K. L., 41 years old. Mr. L. said that when he went down the bridge slope, the car was hit from behind, forcing a section of 30-40 m long.

When the car stopped, he was trapped in the car and could not move, surrounded by smoke and fire. For nearly two minutes, many passers-by joined forces to take him out. Mr. L. also expressed to the People's Police newspaper that he is currently very worried about the victims who are being treated in the hospital.

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