After a long period of lull, the state of stone-throwing buses passing through the Central Highlands provinces recurred, making people worried and insecure when moving through the area.
On the followingnoon of February 9, Mr. Bui Van Ngoc – Chief of the Office of Traffic Safety Committee of Dak Lak province said that the unit will coordinate with relevant agencies to verify and clarify the fact that the passenger car was stoned while traveling. through the province to handle according to the provisions of law.
Recently, on the evening of February 6, the bus of Phuc Hai bus company circulated on Ho Chi Minh road from Gia Lai to Lam Dong. Arriving in Cuor Dang commune (Cu M’gar district, Dak Lak), the car was suddenly ambushed and stoned by bad guys.
After the raid, the glass of the car was broken, some property on the car was damaged, many pieces of debris were thrown into the passenger’s benches. Fortunately, the passengers in the car were not injured but were extremely worried and panicked.
Before that, in mid-January, many bus operators simultaneously reflected that sleeper buses running on the Central Highlands route to the southern provinces, when traveling on Ho Chi Minh Road, were attacked by some strange objects, choosing different locations. deserted ambushes, throwing stones at the car.
Typically, TO bus company (Dak Lak – Ho Chi Minh City route) was suddenly hit by a group of young people sitting on a hill when they were moving to Truong Xuan commune, Dak Song district.
The “bullet” of rocks caused the 2 side panes of glass to break. A very large stone hit the passenger seat. Fortunately, at the time, this seat was empty.
The CH passenger bus traveling on the Gia Lai – Ho Chi Minh City route was also upset when the bus was stoned twice in Dak Lak and Dak Nong.
According to some drivers, stone throwers often choose late at night or early morning to attack and often choose deserted locations to carry out this behavior. After throwing stones, the subjects quickly escaped.
As for the garage, due to moving at night, far from the headquarters of the authorities, most have temporarily glued tape on the car glass to continue the journey and report it to the authorities later.
Facing this problem, many garages want the authorities to arrest and handle them strictly, avoiding the recurrence of dangerous and unsafe situations for pedestrians and property damage.