Bodies of 2 out of 3 students missing while bathing in the river found

On the morning of March 11, Mr. To Van Chanh - Chairman of the People's Committee of Krong Pa district, Gia Lai said that the bodies of two students of Le Quy Don Secondary School (Ia Rsươm commune, Krong Pa district) were found in the Ba River.

At 11:00 a.m. on March 11, authorities were still searching for Lam's body.

Accordingly, at around 8am the same day, search and rescue forces and local people found Tinh's body in the Ba River flowing through Lang village, Chu Rcam commune (Krong Pa district), about 4km from where the children were bathing. Loi was found in Quynh Phu village, Ia Rsươm commune.

Upon receiving the news, the leaders of the People's Committee of Krong Pa district visited and encouraged the families of the students who died in the drowning incident. The People's Committee of the district supported each family with 2 million VND; the People's Committee of Ia Rươm commune supported 2 million VND; and Mr. To Van Chanh supported Loi's family with 1 million VND because of their difficult circumstances.

The bodies of Tinh and Loi have been found.

Mr. Chanh said that the remaining child who has not been found is Lam. According to observations of the terrain here with dense rocks, many deep water holes, and the surface area of ​​the Ba River is very wide in many places, so the search is facing difficulties.

Currently, I have directed the local forces of the communes along the Ba River to search together, and at the same time notify the people when they go to work in the fields; if they see the body of the student victim, they should immediately report to the authorities.

“Every year, the district strictly directs the propaganda of drowning prevention to each school. However, to be effective, it requires the responsibility of each family and the awareness of each child. In the near future, the district will direct the placement of warning signs along the Ba River in dangerous locations. At the same time, it will direct propaganda to each family to strictly prohibit and not let children go to the Ba River to swim,” said Mr. Chanh.

Previously,At around 3:00 p.m. on March 9, three students from Le Quy Don Secondary School, including Dao Hoang Thanh Tinh; Tran Minh Loi; and Dao Minh Lam, all born in 2003 and residing in Cho village, Ia Rươm commune, went to Ba river, downstream of Dak Srông 3A and Dak Srông 3B hydropower plants to bathe and went missing, suspected of drowning.