Ho Chi Minh City: Cardboard containers with dividers, many people narrowly escaped "death".

The moving container truck suddenly crashed into many concrete dividers blocking most of the road surface on Highway 22. The incident caused serious traffic jams.

Nearly at 1:00 p.m. on March 23, the An Suong Traffic Police Team (under the Ho Chi Minh City Police Department of Traffic Police) had just finished resolving the scene of the container truck crashing into the median strip on Highway 22, causing serious traffic congestion.

According to initial information, at more than 11 o'clock on the same day, a container truck with Ho Chi Minh City license plate, driven by a male driver, circulated on Highway 22 from Ho Chi Minh City to Tay Ninh.

When the vehicle passed the intersection of Highway 22 - Nguyen Van Bua about 300 m (in Hoc Mon town, Hoc Mon District, Ho Chi Minh City), the container truck had a tire explosion, causing the vehicle to rush to the right, hitting many sections of the road. Hard concrete dividers... blocking motorbike lanes.

"I was standing watering plants and heard a loud explosion. I turned around and saw a container truck hit many concrete blocks and scatter everywhere, then rushed towards me. Luckily the car stopped a few meters away from me," said a resident ( living near the scene) still panicked.

According to people here, when the container truck crashed, there were two people riding a motorbike nearby but luckily escaped.

At the scene, more than ten meters of concrete divider was blown away, the front of the container truck was damaged... Due to a leak in the vehicle's fuel tank, the driver had to transfer fuel to plastic cans to avoid accidents. catch fire. The accident caused traffic congestion in this area, causing a long traffic jam.

Immediately afterwards, the authorities blocked the motorbike lane to clear the scene.

Two cranes were mobilized to the scene to relocate the accident vehicle. Workers of the National Highway 22 management unit were also present to clean and reinstall the hard median strips to ensure safety for vehicles participating in traffic. The cause of the incident is being investigated by authorities.

Previously, on March 16, a similar incident occurred on Highway 22. According to information from Thanh Nien newspaper, the An Suong Traffic Police Team (Ho Chi Minh City Police Department of Traffic Police) completed the scene of the container truck crashing into the median strip on Highway 22, Hoc Mon.

According to initial information, at about 6 o'clock on the same day, a container truck with Tay Ninh license plate drove on Highway 22 from An Ha bridge to Highway 1.

When the car passed the intersection of Highway 22 - Nguyen Anh Thu about 200m in Ba Diem commune, Hoc Mon district (Ho Chi Minh City), it suddenly crashed into a series of hard concrete median strips into the motorbike lane. At least two pedestrians' motorbikes were hit by these concrete blocks and fell onto the road.

"Blocks of broken concrete were scattered everywhere. Three people (including 2 men and 1 woman) riding on 2 motorbikes were hit by concrete. One person was trapped under the concrete, we had to rescue him. Luckily, The victims were not seriously injured, just scratches," a resident said.

According to people, after the incident, the container truck driver negotiated and agreed to compensate the 3 people riding on the 2 motorbikes. The victims then left before the authorities arrived.

At the scene, the container truck was seriously damaged, many parts were broken, the axles were broken, and the vehicle's fuel tank was thrown far away. The impact of this incident caused traffic congestion in the area for a long time.

Traffic police then appeared to regulate and distribute traffic, and resolved the scene to clarify the cause. The container truck was then towed to another place by a rescue vehicle.

With the characteristics of a means of transporting goods, trucks and container trucks often have long truck designs and large vehicle weights... Therefore, these vehicles always bring unpredictable dangers to passengers. other vehicles traveling on the road.

Normally, container trucks are large in size and have a long body. So even with the support of the rearview mirror system, it is still difficult for drivers of these vehicles to cover the entire vision and surrounding traffic conditions when traveling.

According to some container truck drivers, there will always be a few positions in the front, back or sides of the vehicle (depending on the distance between the vehicles) that the driver cannot see completely. These locations are often called blind spots by drivers. Therefore, if you drive a car or motorbike into the blind spot of a truck or container truck driver, the risk of an accident is very high, especially when these vehicles change direction or change lanes...

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