Nearly 100 people killed by road accidents during holidays
Traffic accidents killed 96 people and injured 96 others during the five-day holiday which lasted from April 27 to May 1, according to the National Traffic Safety Committee.
Hanoi (VNA) – Traffic accidents killed 96 people andinjured 96 others during the five-day holiday which lasted from April 27 to May1, according to the National Traffic Safety Committee.
Of the total 137 accidents happened in the period, 135 wererecorded in the roads, with 94 people losing their lives, while another two werehit by trains on crossing, said Khuat Viet Hung, the committee’s permanent vicepresident.
On May 1 alone, there were 26 road accidents nationwide which killed 16 peopleand injured 17 others.
Two women were killed on the spot when a car and a motorbikecollided in Hanoi’s Kim Lien Tunnel. The driver of the car tested positive foralcohol.
Over the five days, traffic and local police had detectedand dealt with nearly 12,000 violations, collected fines totaling 15.2 billionVND (about 680,000 USD), and detained 138 automobiles, more than 2,200motorbikes and confiscated more than 2,200 licences.
More than 2,300 violations cases happened on the water withtotal fines of 984 million VND (43,700 USD).
The National Traffic Safety Committee also received morethan 50 phone calls of complaints of overloading of passengers andovercharging on coaches during the holidays.
The committee coordinated with the traffic police to stopand impose fines for coach companies.
During the holidays, hospitals in Hanoi had more than 7,700emergency cases for treatments of traffic accidents, daily and labouraccidents.
Meanwhile, hospitals in HCM City dealt with nearly 163,400emergency cases. -VNA
Vietnam is honoured to be the first representative of Asia to announce the country’s commitment to implementing the United Nations (UN)’s traffic accident reduction goal, Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh said at the launching ceremony of the #3500LIVES campaign in Hanoi on March 19.
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