Driving a motorbike taxi to support a ch.i.ld with cer.ebr.al pa.l.sy, the father d.i.e.d in an ac.cid.ent

Mr. D. took his child with cerebral palsy to Ho Chi Minh City to rent a room for treatment, and he registered to drive a motorbike taxi. While taking passengers to Binh Duong, the father unfortunately died in a traffic accident.

Dan Tri newspaper reported "Driving a motorbike taxi to support a child with cerebral palsy, father dies in an accident in Binh Duong" with the following content:

On December 27, Thuan An City Police (Binh Duong) completed the autopsy and handed over the body of the victim Nguyen Tien D. (35 years old, from Binh Thuan) to his family to take home for the funeral.

D. is a technology motorbike taxi driver who died in a traffic accident on the 550 intersection overpass on the afternoon of December 26, as reported by Dan Tri.

Sitting in the morgue area of ​​Thuan An City Hospital, Binh Duong, waiting to receive his brother's body, Mr. Nguyen Tien Cuong (41 years old, brother of Mr. D.) held his motionless baby girl in one arm and wiped his tears with the other.

Mr. Cuong holds his granddaughter, waiting to receive his brother's body (Photo: Xuan Doan)

Mr. Cuong said that the girl in his arms is named Nha T. (8 years old, daughter of Mr. D.). T. is sick, so her father and grandmother took her to Ho Chi Minh City to rent a house in District 7 for treatment.

To earn money to cover expenses, Mr. D. registered to drive a motorbike taxi for a technology motorbike taxi company, while her grandmother stayed home to take care of T. Because she was sick since birth, T. has muscle atrophy and cannot walk, and needs someone to carry her everywhere.

Ms. Thuy (38 years old, wife of victim D.) said that the couple got married and had a daughter who is now 10 years old. After that, Ms. Thuy continued to give birth to twin girls. Unfortunately, one of the two girls had cerebral palsy, the family had to borrow money and look everywhere for treatment for their child, but to no avail.

Last September, introduced by someone, Mr. D. and his grandmother packed their belongings and brought T. from their hometown in Bac Ruong commune, Tanh Linh district, Binh Thuan to Ho Chi Minh City. Meanwhile, Ms. Thuy stayed in her hometown to work for a company to raise her two young daughters.

The couple's life in the countryside was also difficult, and all they earned was used to treat their daughter's illness, with the hope that her future would be better.

"In my hometown, Mr. D. worked on the farm. When he came to Ho Chi Minh City, he drove a motorbike taxi to earn money to pay for his rent. A few days ago, he called to say that his daughter's condition was improving. He promised to return around the 25th or 26th of Tet," Ms. Thuy recounted.

On the afternoon of December 26, Mr. D. took a passenger to Binh Duong, and was on his way back to Ho Chi Minh City when he had an accident and died.

Scene of the accident that killed Mr. D. on the 550 overpass (Photo: Xuan Doan)

As Dan Tri reported, at 4:00 p.m. on December 26, Mr. Nguyen Tien D. drove an electric car with license plate 59TA-096xx on DT 743, from An Phu intersection to Military Hospital 4.

When the car reached the overpass at intersection 550 (Binh Hoa ward, Thuan An city), the vehicle collided with a gasoline tanker with license plate 14C-143xx, driven by driver Trinh Hung S. (26 years old, from Binh Dinh) in the same direction on the left.

The accident caused Mr. D. to fall to the road and die on the spot, the tanker truck ran about 200m more and then stopped.

Giao thong Newspaper on December 26 also reported "Collision with tanker, technology motorbike taxi driver dies on the spot" with the following content:

At nearly 4:30 p.m. the same day, Mr. Nguyen Tien Dung (39 years old, from Binh Thuan, driving technology motorbike taxi) drove an electric motorbike with license plate 59TA-096.80 on provincial road 743, from An Phu intersection to Military Hospital 4.

Accident scene.

When the electric motorbike reached the overpass at the 550 intersection (Binh Hoa ward, Thuan An city), it collided with a tanker truck with license plate 14C-143.21 driven by Trinh Hung Sy (26 years old, from Binh Dinh) traveling in the same direction on the left.

The accident caused the male motorbike taxi driver to fall onto the road and die on the spot. After the accident, the tanker truck ran about 200m more and then stopped.

Upon receiving the report, Thuan An City Police arrived to regulate traffic and examine the scene.