A car suffers flat tyres while travelling on a road in the southern province of Binh Duong on August 22.
Authorities in Ben Cat Town and Bau Bang District received information from drivers at about 11 pm on August 22 about the incident on My Phuoc-Tan Van Expressway.When arriving at the site, local rescue teams saw more than 10 cars get flat tyres from big nails.
According to the drivers, they were travelling at high speed when they felt their cars wobble. Luckily they managed to stop their vehicles safely. They got off and found many big nails stuck into their tyres.
"I was driving at a speed of 80 km/h when the tyres got problems," a driver, Tran Hoang, said. "Luckily there weren’t many vehicles travelling at the time and I managed to stop my car safely at the roadside."
Local authorities said that the nails might have been scattered along the road by dog thieves while fleeing local people.
The My Phuoc-Tan Van Expressway runs over 60 kilometres, connecting Di An City to Bau Bang District of Binh Duong Province. The expressway runs through many industrial parks and also serves vehicles from HCM City to Binh Phuoc Province and the Central Highlands region.