At around 6:20 p.m. on September 19, Ban Phuc L (born in 2017) and Ban Phuc Tr (born in 2020), two brothers from Nam Muoi village, Son Luong commune, Lao Cai province, went together to play at the gate of Nam Muoi Boarding Secondary School for Ethnic Minorities.
At that time, the two children had climbed up and swung into the iron gate. Suddenly, one side of the gate fell on a person, causing one child to die on the spot, the other child was taken to the emergency room and died.
On September 22, present in Nam Muoi village, Son Luong commune, the reporter noted that the premises of Nam Muoi Boarding Secondary School for Ethnic Minorities still maintained the scene of the school gate collapse.
Here, the pillar broke from the gate to the school grounds. bricks and debris are scattered everywhere, with scattered mortar and mortar, with no signs of concrete or steel.
Talking to Lao Dong Newspaper, Mr. Ban Ton Coi (born in 1999, father of L and Tr) said that that afternoon, L and Tr went out with their teacher to the school area to see the excavators under construction.
When arriving, the two children asked to play with a group of friends at the school gate. Here, the children swung up the iron gate when the pillar suddenly collapsed, collapsed, and crashed on it, causing L to die on the spot. Tr was taken to the commune infirmary but his parents did not have time to meet him for the last time...
According to Mr. khach, the whole family was very sad when the two children suddenly passed away. Now I just hope the authorities will clarify the cause, responsibility as well as the quality of the project so that the two children can leave peacefully.
Informing Lao Dong Newspaper, Mr. Pham Nguyen Binh - Chairman of Son Luong Commune People's Committee - said that as soon as the incident occurred, the Party Committee and authorities of Son Luong Commune were present in a timely manner, directing the commune's agencies, units and organizations to urgently support and help the families arrange the funeral for the victims according to local customs.
The local government is coordinating with relevant agencies to investigate and verify the cause of the school gate collapse that killed two children in the area.
It is known that the facilities of Nam Muoi Boarding Secondary School for Ethnic Minorities are quite old. Except for some newly renovated classrooms, the rest (including gates and fences) were built around the beginning of 2010.
