Pham Thi Huong, a 19-year-old college student, was seen at around 8am to speed up on her motorbike after passing a group of traffic police in Thach Thanh District. Eyewitnesses said she was so frightened when coming to a turn that she lost control and slammed into two electric poles on the sidewalk.
According to the eyewitnesses, two traffic police officers who were driving right behind her turned back when they saw the accident, which killed Huong.
Huong died shortly after she was admitted to the local hospital.
The family said Huong might have been nervous because she didn’t have her license with her. They accused the police of causing the accident by chasing Huong and demanded that Thach Thanh police investigate the case.
Dozens of officers from Thanh Hoa Province police were sent to maintain security in the area as hundreds of locals surrounded the Thach Thanh district police station until Huong’s family agreed to take the coffin home at around 4pm.
Preliminary investigations showed that the two police officers were chasing two motorcyclists without crash helmets and Huong thought that the police were after her, Tran Van Thuc, office chief of Thanh Hoa police, told a local newswire service on Sunday.
No explanation was given as to why the police officers turned back on seeing Huong crash into the pole.
Thuc said the case will be investigated further.
Reported by Ngoc Minh |
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