On July 4, a representative of Road Traffic Police Team No. 4 (Traffic Police Department, Dak Lak Provincial Police) confirmed that he had imposed an administrative fine of VND 5 million and deducted 2 points from the driver's license for a 40-year-old man.
Accordingly, this man drove a car to Binh Kien beach (formerly Tuy Hoa city, Phu Yen) for the crime of "drive into a prohibited area".
Previously, at around 5:00 p.m. on July 3, while people were swimming in the area near Nghinh Phong Tower (Binh Kien Ward), a car with license plate 35A-186.23 suddenly plunged straight into the sand.
Due to the sand sinking, the vehicle was stuck for many hours, causing daily obstruction and making many people upset because of the lack of awareness, threatening the safety of the community.
At 7:00 p.m. the same day, the car was towed up from the beach by another vehicle.
The leader of Binh Kien ward said that the locality completely prohibits bringing motor vehicles to the beach and will strictly handle it according to regulations if it continues.
Prosecution of the case of a driver driving a pickup truck along the coast
Notably, exactly a month before, the Investigation Police Agency of Phu Yen Province (now under Dak Lak Province) had initiated a similar case.
On June 3, the authorities issued a decision to prosecute the accused and prohibit driver Pham Ngoc Cuong (44 years old, residing in An Chan commune, Tuy An district) - the driver of a pickup truck running along Tuy Hoa beach, causing public disorder.
According to the investigation, at around 1:30 p.m. on May 31, Mr. Cuong drove a pickup truck 78A-176.48 carrying his 10-year-old son from Long Thuy village (An Phu commune) to SaLa resort (Ward 7, Tuy Hoa city) by the beach. When the car was flooded and submerged deep in sand, Mr. Cuong hired a crane to rescue it.
After the car was towed up at 5:00 p.m. the same day, Mr. Cuong continued driving along the coast in the opposite direction, continuously honking, causing chaos, affecting the lives of people, tourists and businesses on the Tuy Hoa coastal route.
The case was later prosecuted for the crime of "Disturbing public order".
