Three traffic police officers who died in the Bảo Lộc pass landslide have been promoted.

On the morning of July 31st, according to the Bao Loc City Police, Lam Dong province, the Ministry of Public Security issued a decision to posthumously promote three traffic police officers from the Madaguoi Station who died while on duty on the Bao Loc pass.

Portraits of the three traffic police officers who died in the Bảo Lộc pass. Photo: CAND (Vietnam People's Police Newspaper)

The scene of the landslide.

Accordingly, Comrade Nguyen Khac Thuong (born in 1981) was posthumously promoted from Major to Lieutenant Colonel; Comrade Le Quang Thanh (born in 1977) was posthumously promoted from Captain to Major; and Comrade Le Anh Sang (born in 1990) was posthumously promoted from First Lieutenant to Captain.

Yesterday afternoon, following prolonged heavy rains, the Bao Loc Pass experienced multiple landslides. Hundreds of cubic meters of earth and rocks slid down from the hilltop, covering a length of 50 meters and a height of 3 meters, and cascaded down onto the Madagui Traffic Police Station ( thuộc the Traffic Police Department, Lam Dong Provincial Police). Three police officers, who had just returned to the station after directing traffic on the Bao Loc Pass, were buried along with a local resident.

Lam Dong province mobilized 200 police officers, soldiers, and other personnel, along with nearly 20 vehicles (excavators, dump trucks, drills, detectors, etc.), to urgently search for buried victims and mitigate the consequences of the landslide.

VIET CHUNG

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Source: https://www.qdnd.vn/quoc-phong-an-ninh/tin-tuc/thang-quan-ham-3-canh-sat-giao-thong-hy-sinh-trong-vu-sat-lo-deo-bao-loc-736859