Vietnamese man fined for putting nephew, 10, behind truck wheel
Tuesday, March 20, 2018, 10:28 GMT+7
A man in Vietnam has been fined VND8 million (US$350) for letting a ten-year-old operate a heavy truck under his supervision.
The incident was captured in a video uploaded to social media on Sunday, which showed a boy sitting behind the wheel of a 2.5-ton truck while an adult man sat next to him on the front passenger seat.
The vehicle was moving forward slowly on Ba Trieu Street in Thanh Hoa Province, according to local police.
The adult was later identified by authorities to be 34-year-old Cao Duy Thien, who is the boy’s uncle.
Thien told police the clip had been filmed at around 1:00 pm on Saturday, when he had just delivered construction materials to a client.
He allowed his nephew, who is ten years old, to try driving the truck for around 100 meters before both of them were stopped by passers-by who opposed the dangerous stunt.
Thien was found illegally handing a vehicle to an unqualified person and driving a vehicle with expired inspection.
He was fined a combined VND8 million for both violations.
A boy operates a heavy truck while his uncle sits next to him in Sam Son City, Thanh Hoa Province, located in north-central Vietnam, in this video posted on Facebook.
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