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Vice Chairman of HCM City People's Committee dies in car accident

Standing Vice Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee Le Hoa Binh died in a traffic accident on March 29 morning on the HCM City–Trung Luong Expressway, according Huynh Minh Phuc, Director of the Health Department of Long An province.
Vice Chairman of HCM City People's Committee dies in car accident ảnh 1The scene of a tire blowout accident on Ho Chi Minh City- Trung Luong expressway (Photo: sggp)

HCMCity (VNA) – Standing Vice Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh CityPeople’s Committee Le Hoa Binh died in a traffic accident on March 29 morningon the HCM City–Trung Luong Expressway, according Huynh Minh Phuc, Director ofthe Health Department of Long An province.

At around 7:45 am, Binh was travelling to Ben Tre to attend a ceremony to kickoff construction of Rạch Mieu 2 bridge when the vehicle suffered a tire blowoutin Long An province’s Ben Luc district, crashing into a concretetraffic barrier before turning on its side. On the car, there were the driver and another person who were injured.

Binh was admitted to the Long An General Hospital, but his heart had stoppedbefore he arrived. Despite doctors’ best efforts, he passed away.

At 11:30 am, Phan Van Mai, Chairman of the HCM City People’s Committee, andother city officials came to the hospital to bring his body back to the cityfor funeral.

LeHoa Binh, born in 1970 in the central province of Quang Ngai, wasappointed as Vice Chairman of the HCM City People’s Committee for 2021-26by the municipal People’s Council in late 2020. He was assigned to beresponsible for urban planning./.

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