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Six die as boat capsizes in Quang Nam
  • | dtinews.vn | February 26, 2020 11:46 AM
Six people drowned after a boat capsized in Quang Nam Province on February 25.


  

Rescue teams search for missing people in the boat capsize on the evening of February 25

The accident occurred when 10 people from Khuong My Village went to return home after working on a strip of land on Vu Gia River. Halfway to the shore, the boat suddenly capsized. Four people were brought to the hospital while six others were missing.

Le Tri Thanh, chairman of Quang Nam People's Committee, asked the hydropower plants to stop discharging water during the search. Hundreds of people including the police and locals searched for the missing people. Khuat Viet Hung, the vice-chairman of the National Traffic Committee, also arrived at the scene.

According to Nguyen Huu Vu, vice chairman of Dai Loc District, during the time of the accident, there were strong wind and flush water.

"We have quickly launched the search after receiving the news," Thanh said. "We'll visit the victims' families and help them overcome such pain."

All six of the missing people are related to each other and live in the same village. At 11 pm, the bodies of all missing people were found. Two of the victims are children and one woman was in the fourth month of pregnancy.

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