On the morning of September 10, speaking with Lao Dong Newspaper reporter, Mr. Nguyen Van Khien - Chairman of Cao Duong Commune People's Committee, Luong Son District confirmed the information that a soldier had just been swept away by floodwaters in the area.
Accordingly, the incident occurred at 1:15 a.m. the same day, at the underground bridge area of Tien Hoi village, Cao Duong commune.
At that time, the authorities received a report that a Toyota car with license plate 30G - 098xx had a driver on board when passing through the tunnel, lost control, fell into the stream and was swept away by the water.
Immediately after that, the authorities deployed rescue work. At about 5:00 a.m. the same day, the person in the car was rescued, about 500m from the accident site and the victim was dead.
According to the Cao Duong commune leader, the victim was identified as comrade TXT (born in 1987, soldier of the 279th Mixed Engineering Brigade under the Engineering Corps, currently stationed in Tien Hoi hamlet, Cao Duong commune). When the accident happened, the car was traveling from Phuong So hamlet to Tien Hoi hamlet, Cao Duong commune, Luong Son district.
The victim's body has been handed over to the military unit.
