A female driver drove a car into a series of motorbikes in Vung Tau, mother and child did not survive

On the evening of June 27, a serious accident at Le Quy Don intersection (Nguyen Van Troi Street, Ward 1, Vung Tau City, Ba Ria - Vung Tau) caused 5 casualties, including 2 casualties. person died on the spot.

According to sources from Thanh Nien newspaper, around 9:15 p.m. on June 27, a serious accident occurred in Vung Tau City, Ba Ria - Vung Tau province. It is known that at the above time, a 4-seat car with license plate number 72A - 708.21 driven by a woman was driving on Nguyen Van Troi Street, Ward 4, Vung Tau City, facing Bai Truoc beach.

While traveling on this road, the car driver hit a female garbage collector, causing injuries. Then he continued to lose control, crashing into a series of motorbikes waiting at a red light, injuring many people.

Without stopping, this woman continued to drive the car to the intersection of Nguyen Van Troi - Le Quy Don and Ba Trieu - Le Lai, crashing into a motorbike driven by a mother and child who were stopped at a red light, leaving the two victims unable to escape. pass.

The car continued to crash straight into the light pole and stopped. The woman in the car was not injured. People opened the car door and took the woman driving the vehicle that caused the accident to Ward 4 Police.

According to records at the scene, which spanned more than 100 meters, many motorbikes were broken, and another car was also damaged by the vehicle hit by the woman. Under the car that caused the accident, another motorbike was stuck.

This stretch of road caused a series of accidents lasting up to 500m. Many witnesses said they heard constant rumbles and collisions and looked out onto the street and saw a scene of chaos and debris.

Police had to block off a long stretch of road to investigate and examine the scene. At 10:30 p.m., the blockade was still in place.

According to PLO sources, initial verification recorded that the female driver named Tran Thi Thu Th. (born in 1987, residing on Le Loi Street, Thang Nhi Ward, Vung Tau City) showed signs of having an alcohol concentration when driving causing an accident.

According to the provisions of Article 260 of the 2015 Penal Code, if a driver drinks alcohol and causes a traffic accident, it can be considered a crime of violating road traffic regulations. Accordingly, drinking alcohol and causing an accident will be regulated in Article 260 divided into corresponding penalty frames:

Frame 1:

Road traffic participants who violate regulations on road traffic safety in some specific cases will be subject to a fine of from 30,000,000 VND to 100,000,000 VND, non-custodial reform up to 03 years or imprisonment from 01 year to 05 years. Violations include:

- Endangering the life of 01 person or causing injury or damage to the health of 01 person with a bodily injury rate of 61% or higher.

- Causing injury and health damage to 02 people with a bodily injury rate of 31% to 60%.

- Causing injury or health damage to 03 or more people with a bodily injury rate from 61% to 121%.

- Causing property damage from 100,000,000 VND to under 500,000,000 VND.

Frame 2:

Committing crimes under certain specific circumstances will be subject to imprisonment from 3 to 10 years. Violations include:

- Does not have a driving license according to regulations.

- In the state of using alcohol or beer with an alcohol concentration exceeding the prescribed level, using drugs or other strong stimulants prohibited by law.

- Causing an accident and then running away to avoid responsibility or intentionally not helping the victim. d

- Failure to comply with the driver's orders or traffic instructions.

- Endangering the lives of 02 people.

- Causing injury or damage to the health of 02 people with a bodily injury rate of 61% or higher.

- Causing injury or health damage to 03 or more people with a total bodily injury rate of 122% to 200%.

- Causing property damage from 500,000,000 VND to under 1,500,000,000 VND.

Frame 3:

Committing crimes under certain specific circumstances will be subject to imprisonment from 7 to 15 years. Violations include:

- Endangering the lives of 3 or more people.

- Causing injury or health damage to 03 people with a bodily injury rate of 61% or higher.

- Causing injury or health damage to 03 or more people with a total bodily injury rate of 201% or more.

- Causing property damage of VND 1,500,000,000 or more.

Box 4: Road traffic participants violate road traffic safety regulations causing injury, health damage to 01 person with a bodily injury rate of 31% to 60% or injury, Harming the health of 02 or more people with a total bodily injury rate of 31% to 60%, will be subject to a fine of from 30,000,000 VND to 100,000,000 VND or non-custodial reform of up to 03 years. year.

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