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Vinh Long fatal truck accident trial and appeal

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The legal proceedings regarding the September 4, 2024, fatal accident in Vinh Long have faced several procedural delays. A scheduled trial ~~of truck driver Nguyen Van Bao Trung resumed~~ on ~~October 13~~ August 28 was postponed due to the absence of the victim's family and their legal representatives. A subsequent public trial was scheduled for September 17 at the People's Court of Area ~~4 in Vinh Long. Trung~~ 4. For this proceeding, the victim's family reduced their number of registered lawyers from 12 to 8, while the defendant, Nguyen Van Bao Trung, is ~~charged with~~ represented by a single lawyer. Trung remains prosecuted for ‘violating regulations on participating in road ~~traffic participation’ following~~ traffic’ after his attempt to overtake a ~~September 4, 2024, accident~~ pickup truck on Provincial Road 901 ~~that killed~~ resulted in a collision with 14-year-old ~~student~~ Nguyen Ngoc Bao Tran. The ~~prosecution alleges that Trung’s unsafe driving and improper overtaking maneuver caused the fatal collision. Following the trial,~~ victim's family continues to appeal the ~~court~~ court's ruling, which originally sentenced Trung to 30 months in prison and ordered his family to pay over 246 million VND in compensation to the victim's family. The victim's mother, Nguyen Thi Hien, has filed an appeal against the entire verdict, arguing that the sentence is not sufficiently deterrent. The family continues to seek clarification regarding an unidentified individual reportedly sitting next to the driver during the accident, and they maintain concerns regarding the defendant's failure to provide timely medical assistance. The family is prison. They are seeking over 1.5 billion VND in total compensation. Legal proceedings have been marked by extreme tragedy and procedural complications. Following the initial accident, local authorities decided not to prosecute Trung, leading the victim's father, Le Van Phuc, to shoot the defendant—inflicting severe injuries—before committing suicide in April 2025. This secondary violence prompted the Ministry of Public Security and the Supreme People's Procuracy to re-examine the original investigation. Authorities subsequently determined that Trung’s attempt to overtake a ~~vehicle by swerving~~ harsher sentence and further investigation into the ~~oncoming lane was the cause of the collision. As a result, criminal charges were filed against Trung, and several former local police and procuracy officials have been prosecuted for their handling~~ specific circumstances of the ~~initial investigation.~~ accident.

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