Four children drown in open pit while collecting clams

[geovalin]

In a tragic incident, four children, two girls and two boys, drowned in a five-metre deep open pit in Ta Nget area of Prey Samraong village in Kandal province, while they were collecting clams and snails. While rescuers found the bodies of twin girls aged 13 – Ny Sreynak and Ny Nyna – on Tuesday, bodies of siblings 11-year-old Than Kim Yang and 9-year-old Than Thanok, were found yesterday.

Damnak Ampil commune police said that the four children went together to collect clams from the open pit in Prey Samraong village, Damnak Ampil commune, Ang Snuol district, Kandal province, on Tuesday evening and went missing. After receiving information about child drowning, a rescue team was sent to the area and the search continued throughout Tuesday night. The bodies of the girls were found the next day at about 4:30am.

 

Authorities handed over the bodies of the children to their respective families and expressed their condolences. Phach Phalla, deputy Ang Snuol district police chief, said that children in the area like to play around and go for swimming in the open pits in search of clams. However, the depth of the open pits varies, and in some locations the pits are up to five to six metres deep.

 

https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501194180/four-children-drown-in-open-pit-while-collecting-clams/

 

[Phnom Penh Trader]

Just tragic so horrible when little kids are killed in accidents like this,as I am a twin also so it’s especially poignant for me R.I.P. to all these little angels I hope their next lives are much better?