Falling into a well, a 3-year-old child tragically drowned.
(Baonghean.vn) - While playing around a well, a 3-year-old child fell into the well and died. The tragic incident just happened in Thanh Huong commune, Thanh Chuong district.
According to local residents, in the late afternoon of May 15, two sisters, Nguyen Van Quang Loi (3 years old) in Hamlet 5, Thanh Huong Commune, invited each other to the house of Nguyen Van Giap (6 years old) in the same hamlet to play.
![]() |
The well where the child had the accident. Photo: Manh Dan |
While playing around the well at Giap's house, Loi fell into the well. Seeing this, Giap panicked and called for help from people around. A young man, with the support of local people, went down the well using a rope. More than 20 minutes after the incident, Loi was brought to the edge of the well, but he was already dead.death.
It is known that Loi is the second child of Nguyen Van Thang and his wife. Last year, Thang's youngest child also passed away due to a serious illness. Thang's family is extremely poor. On the afternoon of May 15, Thang and his wife went to work for the season, so the two children stayed home and invited each other to go out and have fun when the accident happened.
![]() |
This well is 14m deep and was dug many years ago. Photo: Manh Dan |
The well where Loi had the accident was the well of Nguyen Van Chinh's family, dug many years ago. The well is about 14m deep. There is a lot of water in the well. The well has a wall and is covered by a board and a plastic sheet.
People living next to Mr. Chinh's house said that when the three children were playing around the well, there were no adults at home. While playing, the children climbed onto a plank and a plastic sheet to sit on. Loi crawled onto the plastic sheet, but it broke and he fell into the well.