7 killed and injured on southern highway in a year

The Ho Chi Minh City – Trung Luong highway in the southern Vietnam has seen 4,200 vehicles having technical problems while running on it in the past year, 1,500 of which had tires punctured, according to a local road management unit.
Remaining cases were mechanical failures that forced vehicles to come to a sudden halt on the highway, said the My Thuan road project management board.
Seven people got injured or killed by the accidents, according to the report that has recently been released after a year the road was put into operation.
One of the main reasons was identified as overspeeding. Speed limit on the highway is 100 kph.
Besides, tire quality also counts as another problem as they can’t sustain high pressure while running on the only road in the southern Vietnam which permits that high speed limit.
Around 60,700 trucks and cars run on the highway every day.
The 62km-long highway, that has 8 lanes, connects Ho Chi Minh City and Trung Luong crossroad in Tien Giang province.
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