A member of Ho Chi Minh City’s motorcycle sport team died and another broke a leg in an accident on Sunday when the team members were escorting cyclists of a women’s bicycle race in the southern province of Dong Nai.
>> An audio version of the story is available here
The dead victim was Lin Ma Sang, 53, and the escort who had a broken leg was Tran Ngoc Thach.
The incident occurred when Sang, Thach and other members of their team were escorting the racers of the Binh Duong International Women’s Bicycle Race Open Championship to prepare for the race’s second lap, which stretches from Dinh Quan to Bao Loc District in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong, on March 1.
When the cyclists and their escorts were about one kilometer from the starting line in Dinh Quan, a group of tourists on about seven motorcycles tried to overtake the escorts at very high speed, causing collisions between the motorcycles of both sides, a Tuoi Tre (Youth) correspondent reported from the scene.
During the collision, Sang fell to the ground and was run over by one of the motorcycles, while Thach dropped to the ground and broke one of his legs.
Some other members of the escort team were slightly wounded.
The race’s health workers gave Sang first aid and took him to a hospital for emergency treatment but he died later.
VIEWER DISCRETION IS STRONGLY ADVISED.
When the accident occurred, the motorbike escorts were running at about 40 kph while members of the tourist group passed them at higher speeds and encroached on the wrong lane, news website VnExpress quoted deputy chairman of the Vietnam Motorcycle Federation Ngo Quang Vinh, who is a member of the race’s organizing board, as saying.
Members of the motorcycle tourist group were on their way from the Mekong Delta to the Central Highlands region, according to VnExpress.
Sang’s relatives took his body to Ho Chi Minh City and the race later finished safely in Bao Loc, the newswire said.
Police are probing the accident.
Like us on Facebook or follow us on Twitter to get the latest news about Vietnam!
Max: 1500 characters
There are no comments yet. Be the first to comment.