HANOI, Vietnam – A 10-year-old Vietnamese boy has been confirmed dead. After falling into a narrow open pit of concrete piles at a construction site on New Year’s Eve. State media reported Wednesday.
Rescuers spent 100 hours trying to free the boy. Lai Hao Nam, from the 115-foot-long support pillar driven into the ground. But were unsuccessful, online newspaper VnExpress quoted a local government official as saying.
“Authorities have determined that the victim is dead. And are trying to recover his body for cremation.” Dong Thap’s southern province deputy chairman Doan Tan Buu was quoted as saying.
Nam was heard crying for help shortly. After falling into a pile of hollow concrete less than 10 inches in diameter at a bridge Construction site in Mekong Delta province. Where he was searching with friends for scrap iron on Saturday.
Earlier on Wednesday, Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh called on rescuers. And local authorities to mobilize all necessary equipment and forces, the government said.
A Vietnamese boy who got stuck in a pile of concrete on New Year’s Eve has been pronounced dead
A 10-year-old Vietnamese boy who fell into a narrow opening in a concrete pile. At a construction site on New Year’s Eve has been confirmed dead, State media reported on Wednesday.
Rescuers spent 100 hours trying to free Lai Hao Nam from the 35-meter-long support pillar. But were unsuccessful, online newspaper VnExpress quoted a local government official as saying.
“Authorities have determined that the victim is dead. And are trying to recover his body for cremation.” Dong Thap’s southern province deputy chairman Doan Tan Buu was quoted as saying.
Nam was heard crying for help shortly. After falling into a pile of 25cm-diameter hollow concrete. At a bridge construction site in Mekong Delta province. Where he was searching with friends for scrap iron on Saturday.
