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Men missing at Central Highlands waterfall found dead
  • | dtinews.vn, NLD | August 20, 2019 03:49 PM

Authorities of the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai has recovered the bodies of the three young men who went missing when swimming at a local waterfall.

The bodies were found this morning, August 20, after the three-day search around the waterfall area.

  

The area where the bodies were found


On Sunday afternoon, Nguyen Dinh Quang and Bui Van Duc, both 19 years ago, and Phan Viet Linh, 22, all from Ia Gang Commune went a local waterfall for taking a swim. Initially, Quang was swept away by swift water and called for help. Ten Duc and Linh rushed to save him, but they all drowned.

A 20-member rescue team set up fences to zone the searching area.

It required the rescue force great efforts to look for the missing amid the rainy season and high water level at the waterfall.

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