コンクリートくい内部に閉じ込められた少年、死亡と判断 ベトナム

【ハノイＡＦＰ＝時事】ベトナム南部メコンデルタ地域のドンタップ省当局は４日、建設現場に打ち込まれたコンクリートくいの空洞部に４日間閉じ込められていた１０歳の少年が死亡したと発表した。（写真は少年が落ちたコンクリートくいの引き上げを試みる救助隊。ドンタップ省提供）
　少年は昨年１２月３１日、橋の新設工事を行っている現場で金属くずを探していた時にコンクリートくいの内部に誤って転落したとみられる。救助隊は、深さ３５メートルまで埋まったコンクリートくいを引き上げた上で切断して少年を救出しようとしていた。
　だが、同省のドアン・タン・ブー副知事は、医療専門家の意見を聞いた上で少年の死亡を発表した。
　副知事は現地で報道陣に対し、「少年は地下深くにある柱の空洞部に閉じ込められていた。複数箇所をけがした状態で、非常に長時間にわたり酸素も不足していた」「少年の救助を優先してきたが、この状況で生き延びるのは不可能だ」と語った。
　また、遺体の収容についても「非常に困難な作業」になるとの見方を示した。【翻訳編集ＡＦＰＢＢＮｅｗｓ】
〔ＡＦＰ＝時事〕（2023/01/05-17:15）

A 10-year-old Vietnamese boy trapped in a buried hollow concrete pillar at a construction site for four days was declared dead on Wednesday.
Rescuers in Dong Thap province in the Mekong Delta had been trying to raise the pillar from its 35-metre-deep (115-feet) hole and cut out young Thai Ly Hao Nam.
The boy fell into the 25-centimetre-wide (12-inch) shaft of the pillar -- sunk as part of a new bridge -- on Saturday, apparently while looking for scrap metal.
Doan Tan Buu, deputy chief of the province, said on Wednesday that the boy had died.
He has been trapped in a hollow pillar very deep down... with multiple injuries and not enough oxygen for a very long time, he told journalists at the construction site.
We had prioritised the rescue of the boy. However, the conditions mean it is impossible the boy has survived, he added.
Buu said the announcement of the boy's death was made after consulting with medical experts.
Rescuers are determined to bring his body up as soon as possible for burial, but Buu admitted it was a very difficult task.
Vietnam on Tuesday mobilised hundreds of soldiers and engineering experts to try to rescue Nam.
A 19-metre metal pipe was lowered around the concrete tube in which the boy was trapped to allow them to remove mud and try to lift it out.
Rescuers had softened and tried to remove mud and water to reduce pressure around the pillar, but days of effort had failed to pay off.