8 year old girl dies after father digs foundation and collapses surrounding wall
(Baonghean.vn) - While the father (in Hoang Mai Town, Nghe An) was digging the foundation to make a drainage ditch near the wall behind the house, the girl ran out to see, the wall collapsed causing the girl's death.
On the morning of March 25, the local authorities of Quynh Xuan ward, Hoang Mai town, said: An accident had just occurred in the ward, causing the tragic death of an 8-year-old girl. Accordingly, at 2:00 p.m. on March 24, Mr. Dau Van Sau (50 years old, residing in block 4 of Quynh Xuan ward) was digging the foundation behind the surrounding wall to build a drainage ditch when his daughter, Dau Thi Th. (8 years old), came to watch without him knowing.
Suddenly, the nearly 2 meter high wall collapsed, burying his daughter. Mr. Sau called for help and took her to the hospital, but due to severe injuries, his daughter died before arriving at the hospital.
Hearing the news of her child's death, the girl's mother, Ms. Tran Thi Hue, took a bus from Hanoi to attend her child's funeral that same afternoon.