Three Nghe An students tragically drowned while swimming in the river
(Baonghean.vn) - While bathing in Lam River, due to carelessness, 3 students in Thanh Chuong district, Nghe An province drowned.
On the afternoon of June 23, due to the heat, many people of Thanh Tuong commune, Thanh Chuong district went to Lam river to bathe.
While bathing, three students: Nguyen The Hoang (12 years old), Nguyen Quang Thong (18 years old), Nguyen Gia Tien (18 years old), all residing in Hamlet 3, Thanh Tuong Commune, drowned.
It is known that at 6:30 p.m., most of the people swimming in the river had gone home, but the children were still swimming in the middle of the river and swimming quite far from the shore. When a group of people above discovered the children drowning and called each other to run down to save them, the children had already drowned.
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Thanh Tuong commune river wharf where the tragic drowning accident occurred. |
Upon receiving the notice, local authorities quickly dispatched forces to coordinate with local people to organize search and rescue, followed by the coordination of Thanh Chuong district rescue forces.
Until 9pm that same day, only Nguyen Gia Tien's body was found, he was dead when retrieved. The search for the remaining two students is still ongoing.
It is known that Nguyen The Hoang is a 6th grade student at Dong Tuong Secondary School, Nguyen Quang Thong is a 12th grade student at Thanh Chuong 1 High School, and Nguyen Gia Tien is a 12th grade student at Nguyen Canh Chan High School./.