Looking for the incense tree, 1 person missing in the hydroelectric reservoir after the boat capsized
Three young men decided to use a boat to look for rosewood roots in the Thac Mo hydroelectric reservoir, but unfortunately the boat capsized and one person went missing because he couldn't swim.
On September 29, Mr. Dao Huy Trung, Chief of Police of Bom Bo Commune, Bu Dang District, Binh Phuoc Province confirmed that a boat capsized in the area, leaving one young man missing and two others lucky to escape.
According to initial information, at around 3:00 p.m. on September 28, three young men, including Nguyen Huu Thang (born in 1998), living in Phuoc Son village; Nguyen Van Dat (born in 1991), living in Binh Duc 2 village, Duc Hanh commune, Bu Gia Map district; and Vo Duc Ninh (born in 1993), living in village 7, Bom Bo commune, Bu Dang district, went on a boat together to look for rosewood roots in the Thac Mo hydroelectric reservoir.
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| Authorities and people search for missing victims. Photo: K GUỊH/TTXVN |
At about 7:00 p.m. the same day, on the way back, when reaching village 7, Bom Bo commune, the boat capsized.
Because they knew how to swim, Dat and Ninh were able to swim to shore, but Thang, who couldn't swim, sank into the water and went missing.
As of noon on September 29, Bom Bo commune authorities, local people and relatives were still trying to search for the victim.
Also at Thac Mo Hydropower Reservoir, on September 20, after returning from school, a group of 6 9th grade students from Ly Thuong Kiet Secondary School (in Phu Van Commune, Bu Gia Map District) took their family's boat to the Thac Mo Hydropower Reservoir to play and had an accident that resulted in 3 students drowning.
In recent years, Binh Phuoc authorities have continuously propagated and warned about drowning in the area of Thac Mo hydroelectric reservoir, Bu Gia Map and Bu Dang districts and Phuoc Long town./.
