Storm winds smash house wall, crushing 8-year-old child to death

Ubon Ratchathani, Storm winds smash the wall of a house and crush an 8-year-old child to death in Muang Sam Sib District, Ubon Ratchathani Province. Many more houses were destroyed by the storm and almost the entire village was damaged. An electric pole is broken and there is no electricity. The scene of the incident was a one-story residence. The wall is made of brick blocks and has not yet been plastered. In the middle of a rice field, Mr. Sibu, 59 years old, said that the dead person and the injured person were his niece. The dead person was 8 years old, the injured person was 10 years old. There were a total of 5 people living together at the time of the incident, including himself, his wife, and grandson outside. As for the 2 granddaughters, they were sheltering from the rain in the house. During that time, a storm (whirlwind) blew against the wall of the house until the wall fell on both grandchildren. The older one was injured. As for the younger sister, she was seriously injured. So he called his wi fe. And the grandson came to help remove the bricks from the bodies of the two grandchildren. At that time, the child was still conscious and could speak. He said that he had pain in his chest, so he went to ask for help from a neighbor to help take his granddaughter to the hospital. In the end, he died at Muang Sam Sip Hospital. The other grandchild is safe. For the body of my niece Now I still have to leave it at Muang Sam Sib Hospital first. Because the village was hit by a storm and almost the entire village was damaged. The electric pole was broken and there was no electricity since last night. One villager, 84 years old, said that this storm had damaged houses. Only at Ban Nong Song Hong, more than 70 houses were damaged. In my entire 84-year life, I have never encountered an event like this. Source: Thai News Agency

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