VietNamNet Bridge - A young man from the central province of Quang Tri participated in a boat race in his village festival and drowned after falling into Vinh Dinh River.

The incident occurred on Saturday on August 16, at the Vinh Hai Commune, Hai Lang District, Quang Tri Province, during the traditional boat race organized by commune authorities.

During the race, the boat of Lam Thuy village collided with another boat and sank. Of the 11 rowers on the boat, three people could not swim. Two of them held onto another boat after their boat sank.

Hoang Cong Dieu, 38, a resident of Lam Thuy Village in Vinh Hai Commune, was missing after falling into the water.

According to Lam Thuy village’s boat race participants, when the boat sank, they were initially interested in saving the boat, so they did not pay enough attention to Dieu.

When people detected Dieu’s absence, the man had already fallen deeply into the water.

Many viewers and all the boat race participants jumped into the river to search for the victim but it was too late. When they found the body, he was dead.

The racer was buried that day.

Thu Ly