Container truck wheels detach, killing pedestrian in central Vietnam

Captain Pham Hong Vuong, 33, of the An Nhon Bac Ward police department, was walking along National Highway 19B on Saturday afternoon when a container truck driven by Le Duc Loi, a local, traveling in the same direction, suddenly had an axle shaft broken, causing a pair of wheels to fly off.

The wheels struck Vuong from behind.

They then continued to roll, damaging two parked motorbikes.

A wheel can weigh 45-160 kg depending on the size of the container truck, which could be 20 feet or 40 feet long.

Vuong is married with two children.