Former captain of the national football team Nguyen Huy Hoang was extremely drunk when his car hit a woman in the northern city of Thanh Hoa’s Ba Trieu Street on September 7, Trinh Dang Vinh, deputy head of the municipal police confirmed with Tuoi Tre Tuesday. Vinh said traffic police arrived and found Hoang sitting in his car in the traditional red uniform, having little reaction to his car being stopped by police, except for wild gesticulations and heavy breathing. As shown in a video clip filmed by one of the locals surrounding his car out of curiosity, the 31-year-old occasionally slapped his hands and danced to music, with his mouth wide open and eyes closed in a trance-like state.

Police investigation shows that Hoang committed the following faults: causing an accident with a woman on motorbike, escaping the scene after the accident, and driving under alcohol influence. The bizarre actions of Hoang have triggered public suspicions that he was under the influence of drugs. But Thanh Hoa police have not conducted urine tests on him. “Hoang was totally drunk when being taken to the police station. We even failed to have him undergo an alcohol test,” said Vinh.Neglecting victim Meanwhile, his victim, Le Thi Hang, 41, teacher at a local secondary school, told Tuoi Tre on Monday that Hoang never contacted or asked her about her injuries. Hang said she was driving her motorbike back from school when Hoang’s car hit her from the right, pushing her to fall onto the ground. “I was almost killed,” she recalled. Le Huy Thanh, her husband, said Hoang never showed up, and his club Song Lam Nghe An only sent a man called Hung and three others to visit her at the hospital on September 8. “Hung promised that Hoang will come soon, and gave us some money,” said Thanh.