Quang Ngai: Two consecutive drowning incidents left 4 students missing while swimming in the sea

(PLVN) - On the evening of May 1, Mr. Pham Ngoc Lan - Chairman of the People's Committee of Mo Duc district (Quang Ngai province) confirmed that two particularly serious drowning incidents had just occurred in the area, causing 4 students to go missing while swimming in the sea in the afternoon of the same day.

According to initial information, at around 4:20 p.m. on May 1, at the beach area of ​​Tan Dinh village (Thang Loi commune, Mo Duc district), a group of students invited each other to go swimming during the holiday. While swimming, 4 students were swept away by the waves.

Local people promptly discovered and saved one student, Dang Van B (born in 2009, residing in village 4, Duc Nhuan commune). However, the remaining 3 students are currently missing, including Le Minh K (born in 2009); Le Bao L (born in 2012, Khang's younger brother, also residing in village 5, Duc Nhuan commune) and Do Minh T (born in 2011, residing in Ba To town, Ba To district).

Authorities are searching for four missing students.

On the same day, at around 6pm, at Duc Chanh beach (Mo Duc district), a similar drowning incident occurred. The victim, Pham Anh T (born in 2009, residing in village 1, Duc Chanh commune), was swept away by the waves and has not been found yet.

Immediately after receiving the information, the functional forces of Mo Duc district urgently coordinated with local authorities, commune police and people to organize search and rescue work. However, according to Mr. Pham Ngoc Lan, because the accident happened in the evening, combined with low tide and big waves, the search work encountered many difficulties.

Search and rescue work is still being actively implemented.

Mr. Huy

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