On the morning of June 20, Mr. Pham Ngoc Hau - Chairman of Dinh Trang Thuong Commune People's Committee (Lam Dong) said that at 7:30 am on the same day, rescue forces found the body of the last victim in the case of 3 people being swept away by floodwaters and missing on the Dong Nai River.
The body of the last victim found was Doan Van Kim Phat (14 years old, residing in Tan Ha Lam Ha commune), the last victim in the drowning incident that occurred in the Da Dang 1 bridge area.
The victim's body was discovered in the downstream area of Dong Nai 2 Hydropower Plant, in Dinh Trang Thuong commune, about 220m from the accident site.
Thus, after many hours of searching efforts, functional forces have found all 3 victims swept away by water in the downstream area of Dong Nai 2 Hydropower Plant.
Previously, as Lao Dong Newspaper reported, on the afternoon of June 18, a group of 4 people came to swim in the Da Dang 1 bridge area, the border section between Phuc Tho Lam Ha commune and Dinh Trang Thuong commune, and were unfortunately swept away by water.
Local people promptly rescued 1 person ashore safely.
The three missing people include Mr. Doan Manh Tai (37 years old), nephew Doan Manh Nguyen (16 years old, Mr. Tai's son) and nephew Doan Van Kim Phat (14 years old, residing in Tan Ha Lam Ha commune).
Immediately after the incident occurred, more than 100 people from the police, military, Fire and Rescue Police Department of Lam Dong Provincial Police and local people were mobilized to participate in the search.
By noon on June 19, rescue forces had found the bodies of Mr. Doan Manh Tai and his nephew Doan Manh Nguyen in the downstream area of the Dong Nai Hydropower reservoir.
