At 4:00 p.m. on August 31, Cat Lai Traffic Police Team (under Department PC08 - Ho Chi Minh City Police) was still blocking off the scene of the accident on Mai Chi Tho Street (Thu Duc City).
Initial information, at around 2:30 p.m. the same day, a supercar with a HCMC license plate traveling on Mai Chi Tho Street from Thu Thiem Tunnel (District 1) to An Phu intersection (Thu Duc City) was suspected to have lost its brakes, rolled several times, and then crashed into the guardrail on the side of the road.
At the scene, the car was broken into many pieces, scattered outside. According to passersby, at the time of the accident, there was a man and a woman in the car, luckily the airbag system deployed, both escaped.
The accident caused serious traffic congestion in the Mai Chi Tho area. Ho Chi Minh City Traffic Police quickly arrived to handle the incident. The car was towed away to clear the way for traffic.
Currently, the authorities have cordoned off the scene to investigate the cause of the accident. In addition, traffic police are trying to divert traffic to reduce congestion.