One person died while "picking up ore"

(Baonghean.vn) - While entering the old tunnel of the mining area, Mr. Trong was unfortunately crushed to death by a falling rock at a depth of 170m underground.

Mr. Truong Van Hoa - Vice Chairman of Chau Hong Commune People's Committee (Quy Hop) said: at around 9:30 a.m. on January 4, Mr. Nguyen Van Trong (born in 1984, hometown in Thai Nguyen province) and 3 other men in the village invited each other to the area of ​​wall 34 of the old tin mine of Phu Quy Gemstone Company to illegally mine tin ore.

Wall area 34 - where the accident happened.

While Mr. Trong was entering an old tunnel, about 170m deep underground, and using a tool to dig the ground to find ore, a large rock suddenly collapsed and crushed him to death.

The incident happened so suddenly that the remaining 3 people did not have time to respond. Upon receiving the news, Chau Hong commune police assigned 10 local residents and relatives to the scene to bring Mr. Trong's body out of the ground. After more than 1 hour, the victim's body was brought out. Because the family did not request an autopsy, on the morning of January 5, the police handed over the victim's body to his relatives to take to Thai Nguyen for burial according to local customs.

It is known that the mine area where the tragic accident occurred was previously under the management of Phu Quy Gemstone Company. Currently, this company has expired its mining license and has handed over the site to the local government for management.

Ngo Phan