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A child in Shantou, Guangdong Province slipped and fell into the water, and his family tried to rescue him. Seven people fell into the water one after another and died

Origin: The sister who was washing her hands in the reservoir slipped and fell into the water.

It is understood that the accident occurred in "New "Lin Reservoir" is located in the mountain depression at the junction of Jinzao Town and Gurao Town on Jingu Highway, Chaoyang District, Shantou City. The reservoir is about 3 kilometers away from the center of Jinzao Town. It is a small local reservoir mainly used for irrigation. According to an official from the Jinzao Town Government, no similar accident had ever been heard of in the reservoir before.

According to a staff member of the Jinzao Town government who participated in the on-site rescue work, the drowned include five members of Xiaoyi’s family (all from Jinxi Village, Jinzao Town) and two people who went up the mountain to sweep the tomb together. Relatives, and the only survivor in this incident, Huang Mouxiong, was the uncle of Xiao Yi, the girl who fell into the water.

According to Huang Mouxiong’s introduction to the person in charge of the town government who participated in the rescue afterwards, the weather was very hot at noon on the day of the incident. After 17-year-old Xiao Yi came down from the mountain to sweep the tomb, she might have felt too hot. After a while, he and his 15-year-old sister Xiaorong walked to the reservoir to wash their hands to escape the heat. During the process, they accidentally slipped and fell into the reservoir.

Rescue: 13-year-old brother went into the water to save someone and drowned

According to Huang Mouxiong, Xiao Rong was not familiar with the nature of water. After seeing his sister Xiaoyi who was also unfamiliar with the nature of water, he fell into the water. , while calling for help, he reached out to pull his sister who fell into the water, and then Xiaorong also fell into the reservoir. Huang Mouxiong, who was still sweeping the grave on a hilltop not far away, and other relatives immediately rushed to the reservoir to rescue him. Huang Mouxiong was the second person after Xiaorong to jump into the water to try to save others.

"The weather is very hot, but the water in the reservoir is still very cold." According to reports, although Huang Mouxiong knew a little about water, after jumping into the reservoir, because he was not familiar with the underwater conditions of the reservoir, Still unable to pull the two girls who fell into the water to the shore, after choking on a few mouthfuls of water, feeling that there was no hope of rescuing them and that he was exhausted, Huang Mouxiong slowly crawled back to the shore, hoping to dissuade other unfamiliar people. Watery relatives went into the water to save people.

But the girl’s relatives who were eager to save her did not stop trying to rescue her. Xiaoyi's other two uncles, Huang Moudi (male, 31 years old) and Huang Mouxi (male, 26 years old, both from Yupu Village), who "know a little bit about water", were unable to save anyone when Huang Mouxiong Next, they jumped into the reservoir one after another without taking off their clothes, pants, and shoes, but soon disappeared.

Seeing this situation, Xiaoyi’s father Huang Mouqing (male, 47 years old), Xiaoyi’s younger brother (male, 13 years old) and Xiaoyi’s mother Cai Moushan (female, 37 years old) People also jumped into the water one after another, but they all drowned. At around 12:45 noon that day, people at the scene called the 110 command center of the local public security agency for help after discovering the accident.