Many young children and elderly people were ‘rescued’ by traffic police from the hot sun on Phap Van Expressway on the morning of April 28.
On the morning of April 28, on many social networking sites, information appeared about a 16-seat car that suddenly broke down on Phap Van Highway (about 90km from Hanoi towards Nghe An province).
Facebook account owner Nghia Dao wrote: “Rent a car to go home on vacation. The lucky number broke down 90km from Hanoi. The whole family stood on the street for 3 hours from 6:30 to 9:30. Called the car rental company to send another car from Hanoi. The more you wait, the more you lose it. Tired of the heat, traffic police officers stopped their vehicles to help take some women and children to a nearby rest stop. Also call for additional passenger cars to transport with special vehicles…”.
On the same day, a representative of the Traffic Police Department said that the location of the accident vehicle was on Phap Van Expressway under the management of Patrol and Control Team No. 3, Traffic Police Department (Ministry of Public Security).
Through discussion, Lieutenant Colonel Nguyen Manh Thang said that at 9:20 a.m. the same day at Km 253 of Phap Van – Cao Bo – Mai Son highway, the unit’s working group along with mobile police officers were in the process of During a mobile patrol, they discovered a 16-seat car parked on the side of the road, with 8-10 people standing on the highway, the car had a problem.
The working group knew that this vehicle was damaged and could not be moved. Meanwhile, the weather is hot and there is no place to avoid the sun, affecting the health of women, children and the elderly on the bus, so the working group has proposed to let the children (including 1 child 5 years old). 8 months old, 1 2 year old child, 1 10 year old child and 1 old man over 70 years old) got on the bus and moved to the rest stop. Then wait for the reinforcement vehicle to continue the journey.
Control Patrol Team No. 3 is responsible for ensuring traffic order and safety on the Phap Van – Cao Bo – Mai Son highway, National Highway 45. This is a vital route from the southern and central provinces. Enter the southern gateway of Hanoi. During the holidays, the weather is hot and the traffic density here is very high. On peak occasions, the unit mobilizes 100% of its troops to perform the mission.