Horror accident in Vietnam: A ten-year-old boy fell into a 35-meter-deep concrete pipe and has been trapped in it for two days.
According to Vietnamese media reports, the accident happened on Saturday at a construction site in southern Dong Thap province. Despite extensive rescue work, it was not possible to rescue the child from the cramped prison on Monday morning (local time), the Vietnamnet news site reports.
Diameter of 25 centimeters
The tube is only about 25 centimeters in diameter. “Nobody thought that a young person could be trapped so deep in the pillar, because the space inside is only the size of an adult’s hand,” the newspaper “VnExpress” quoted one of the rescuers as saying.
The emergency services repeatedly pumped oxygen into the pipe. Initially, nothing was known about the condition of the child. At first, according to the media, the boy probably shouted for help. “The concrete pipe is too narrow for us to tell how deep the boy is,” says Tran Van Gioi of the local police. “It is also impossible to say anything about his health.”
The helpers wanted to try to soften the earth around the concrete in order to pull the pipe out of the ground with a crane. The attempts initially failed. Meanwhile, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chính has also involved himself in the drama and ordered the authorities to do everything possible to save the child. (SDA)