On the evening of November 19, the leader of the People's Committee of Phong Dien district (Thua Thien Hue) said that a 7th grade student in Phong Hai commune had just been buried to death by sand while playing with a group of friends.
At around 4:30 p.m. the same day, N.T.H (7th grade student) and a group of friends were playing at a sand hill in Hai The village (Phong Hai), adjacent to Dien Hai commune.
The sand hill suddenly collapsed and buried H. Upon discovering the incident, a group of friends playing with him immediately shouted and called on people to come to the rescue.
Upon receiving the news, Phong Hai Commune People's Committee mobilized forces, people and vehicles to the scene to rescue H.
Although taken to the emergency room, the baby suffocated for too long and did not survive.