Strictly handle violations after car crash with train kills 2 people in Dong Nai

On July 29, the Traffic Police Department, Ministry of Public Security directed local traffic police forces to step up inspections and ensure railway traffic safety and order after a railway accident killed two people and injured three others in Dong Nai.

The task is to strictly handle acts of non-compliance with regulations when crossing level crossings, violations of railway traffic safety corridors; review unsafe level crossings and propose solutions.

At the same time, traffic police nationwide will increase inspection and strictly handle acts that cause railway accidents at level crossings, self-opened paths, areas without barriers, and dangerous locations.

Scene of the railway accident that killed 2 people in Dong Nai

Violations that are focused on being handled include: Crossing the level crossing when the red light is on; not obeying the commands and instructions of traffic signs and road markings when crossing the level crossing; stopping, parking, and turning around within the level crossing; pedestrians violating the railway's width limits...

For violations of railway infrastructure protection and railway traffic safety corridors, the Traffic Police Department will recommend the railway industry and local authorities to install barriers, signal lights, etc. to limit accidents.

Previously, at around 9pm on July 28, the gatekeeper closed Pham Van Thuan Street (Thong Nhat Ward, Bien Hoa City, Dong Nai) to welcome the train running from North to South. At this time, a pickup truck driven by a man carrying a woman and two children came out of the alley. The car drove to the railway intersection to enter Pham Van Thuan Street and was hit by a train.

The accident caused the car to fly onto the sidewalk, hitting a worker who was cleaning up trash, killing him on the spot. A boy in the car fell onto the road and did not survive. The driver and two other people were seriously injured.

At the scene, the front of the pickup truck was deformed, many pieces of the vehicle were scattered far away, causing some nearby pedestrians to panic and try to escape.

The Traffic Police Department said that the direction of the car moving from the residential road parallel to the railway towards Pham Van Thuan street had no barrier. When the train was approaching, the staff on duty lowered the barrier and blew the whistle, but the car still drove in.

VN (according to VTC News)

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