Fell into a concrete pipe
Body of Vietnamese boy († 10) recovered
Three weeks after a boy fell into a deep concrete pipe in Vietnam, emergency services recovered his body. After unsuccessful attempts to pull the pipe out of the ground, ten-year-old Nam was pronounced dead on January 4.
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On New Year’s Day, a boy fell into a concrete pipe at a construction site in Vietnam.
Ten-year-old Sam († 10) from Vietnam had to die tragically. At the turn of the year, the boy fell into a 35 meter deep concrete pipe in a horrific accident and was stuck.
All rescue attempts were unsuccessful – 100 hours after the accident, the authorities finally declared him dead on January 4. As the newspaper “VnExpress” reported on Friday, the little boy could finally be rescued and handed over to his parents. His family would have received him crying.
Boy died from multiple injuries
In the early morning (local time), two members of the rescue team descended 24 meters in an iron pipe that had been laid around the concrete pipe. There they managed to get to the body and bring it to the surface after two hours with special equipment. Further details were not known. Rescuers had been trying tirelessly for weeks to rescue the boy.
An investigation found the child died from multiple injuries sustained in the fall, the newspaper quoted Dong Thap provincial deputy chief executive Doan Tan Buu as saying. The authorities now want to initiate investigations to find out how the accident could have happened.
The accident at a construction site for a new bridge in south-west Vietnam made headlines around the world at the beginning of the year. Where exactly little Nam was in the pipe was unclear for a long time. It was only about 25 centimeters in diameter. Authorities said no one thought a ten-year-old could be trapped so deep in the tube. According to reports, there were only signs of life from the boy for the first ten minutes after the fall. (SDA/dzc)