Nghe An: Boat capsized at night, one person missing

Huy Thu - Dinh Ha - Truong Tho October 18, 2020 08:47

(Baonghean.vn) - On a rainy night, 3 men went rowing a boat to catch crickets, the boat capsized in the middle of the river, 1 person went missing. The incident just happened in Thanh Nho commune, Thanh Chuong district.

Mr. Tran Dinh Truyen - Chairman of Thanh Nho Commune People's Committee said that at 8:25 p.m. on October 17 at Den wharf onGiang RiverA group of people went fishing for crickets and their boat capsized.

At the time of the accident, there were 3 people on the boat, 2 of whom were Nguyen Dinh Tam and Nguyen Huu Chung who swam to shore. The missing person is Nguyen Trong Hoa (28 years old), residing in Nho Xuan hamlet, Thanh Nho commune.

Hiện trường đoạn sông nơi anh Hòa mất tích. Ảnh: Đình Hà
The riverbank where Mr. Hoa went missing. Photo: Truong Tho

Immediately after the incident, the People's Committee of Thanh Chuong district and Thanh Nho commune mobilized forces such as police, military, and anti-corruption teams.floods and storms, fishermen on the Giang River tried to search and rescue at night.

However, due to the strong current of the Giang River and heavy rain at night, the search and rescue work encountered many difficulties. Until the morning of October 18, all search efforts had not yet yielded results. Currently, search and rescue work is still taking place on the Giang River.

According to some officials and residents of Thanh Nho commune, Mr. Hoa is an energetic young man, former Secretary of the Youth Union of Hamlet 6 (old), married, with 2 young children (first child is 6 years old, second child is over 2 years old).

Mr. Hoa's family recently moved out and opened a kiosk selling fertilizer, animal feed, and ornamental plants. Mr. Hoa is the owner, while his wife works as a worker at a garment factory in Do Luong.


The force actively searched for Mr. Hoa. Photo: HT

Along with organizing the search for victims, the People's Committee of Thanh Chuong district also reminded and warned people to comply with regulations on flood and storm prevention, accidents and risks such as not going through rivers, streams, tunnels, spillways, ferries, not fishing, collecting firewood, grazing livestock and going to river and stream areas because this is an area with many hidden dangers and in just 2 days, 2 people died from drowning./.

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