Second Girl Dies After Being Chased by Vietnam Police within Two Weeks

cong dan chet vi tai nan giao thong

At 23.00 of Mar 26, the trio rode on a motorbike to a local cafeteria. They were chased by patrolling policemen and run until they fell on the street, said Lan, adding they feared that the policemen will fine for not wearing helmets.

The policemen left the scene without helping the school girls, said Vo Hoang Long, young intern sport teacher of Le Hong Phong High School, where the trio studies.

By Vu Quoc Ngu | Mar 30, 2015

Vo Thi Thu Thao has become the second girl who has been confirmed dead during a traffic accident caused Vietnamese policemen within two weeks, the Kien Thuc newswire reported.

Miss Thao, a high schooler in the central province of Phu Yen, died immediately while her classmates Le Thi Thanh Tuyen and Nguyen Thi Thanh Lan are under intensive care for treatment of severe injuries in the province’s central hospital.

At 23.00 of Mar 26, the trio rode on a motorbike to a local cafeteria. They were chased by patrolling policemen and run until they fell on the street, said Lan, adding they feared that the policemen will fine for not wearing helmets.

The policemen left the scene without helping the school girls, said Vo Hoang Long, young intern sport teacher of Le Hong Phong High School, where the trio studies.

Two week ago, on Mar 13 night, Tran Thi Thu and her friend Nguyen Trong Toan were also chased by policemen in Hanoi. Toan said one of two policemen in one motorbike kicked his motorbike, making it fall on Lang street. Thu died immediately while Toan received serious injuries and is under special treatment in hospital.

The policemen had not stopped to assist the duo, Toan and other witnesses said.

Toan said they returned late from Miss Thu’s 24th birthday party. He had no documents for driving so he tried to run out from the policemen.

Thu and Thao were among a number of Vietnamese citizens dying from traffic accidents which were caused by policemen or the drivers while being chased by policemen for minor faults during the past few years, according to local newspapers.