3 more children in the same family drowned

While playing, 5 children slipped into deep water, resulting in 3 children drowning, 2 children were rescued and died.

At around 10am this morning (June 6), at the water wharf in Hamlet 8, Pho Loi River, flowing through Phu Duong Commune, Phu Vang District, Thua Thien - Hue Province, a tragic drowning incident occurred, killing 3 children.

Five children, including two siblings Nguyen Minh Anh Thu (9 years old), Nguyen Minh Anh Son (10 years old), both residing in Khe Sanh town, Huong Hoa district, Quang Tri province, and three other children, Nguyen Thi Thu Hang, 8 years old; Nguyen Minh Tu, 12 years old; Nguyen Thi Chau Anh, 7 years old, all grandchildren of Mr. Nguyen Duc Thong, residing in hamlet 6, Phu Duong commune, Phu Vang district, went to the hamlet 8 wharf to fish.

People dive to find the bodies of drowned children.

While playing in front of the water wharf in Hamlet 8, all 5 children slipped and fell into the deep water of Pho Loi River. As a result, Anh Thu, Anh Son and Thu Hang drowned. After the accident, the rescue team found the bodies of the 3 drowned children and investigated the incident.

Many people gathered at Mr. Thong's house after the drowning incident.

Mr. Nguyen Huu Loc, resident of Hamlet 9, Phu Duong Commune, who saved the two children, said: While he was driving on National Highway 49A, passing the scene, he saw 4 arms reaching out to the water for help, about 4-5 meters from the shore in Pho Loi River. Immediately, Mr. Loc stopped his car and jumped into the river to help, after about 15 minutes he was able to save Minh Tu and Chau Anh to the shore. However, due to exhaustion and not knowing that many children were in trouble, he could not save the remaining 3 children.

Mr. Nguyen Huu Loc said: “At exactly 10 o'clock, I went in and looked down at the river, I saw 4 limp arms. Seeing the child like that, I knew he couldn't swim. I jumped down to pick up the first child and brought him to shore, but when I went out to pick up the second child, I was tired and exhausted.”

Pho Loi River where the tragic drowning incident occurred.

After the drowning incident, Mr. La Phuc Thanh, Chairman of the People's Committee of Phu Vang district, Thua Thien-Hue province, visited, encouraged and supported each victim with 3 million VND./.

According to VOV