4 year old child suspected of falling into a pit and drowning tragically
(Baonghean.vn) - Discovering scratches on the edge of a nearby hole, people jumped in to search and discovered that D. had died.
On September 21, 2021, the authorities of Nghia Hanh commune (Tan Ky) said that a tragic drowning incident had just occurred in the area. The victim was PHĐ. (born in 2017), residing in Dong Du hamlet, Nghia Hanh commune.
Accordingly, at around 9-10 o'clock that same day, D. followed his father to build a cooling system for a nearby acquaintance's house. While his father was working, D. held a Mid-Autumn lantern and ran around the garden.
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The water hole where the child's body was found. Photo: Nguyen Tran |
About an hour later, when they still couldn't find D., everyone split up to look for him and discovered scratches on the edge of a rather large hole, about 1.2 - 1.5 meters deep, that had been dug up by people to get soil to fill the yard foundation, but hadn't been filled in yet. Yesterday, there was heavy rain in the area, so the hole had a lot of water, and the water was cloudy.
Suspecting something was wrong, people jumped into the hole to search and found D. lying in the hole. When D. was brought out from the hole, he had already died.
Currently, the family has organized a funeral for D. according to local customs.