10-Year-Old Boy Trapped in Concrete Pillar in Vietnam Pronounced Dead

Rescuers gather at the site where a 10-year-old boy is thought to be trapped in a 35-meter deep shaft at a bridge construction area in Vietnam's Dong Thap Province on Jan. 2, 2023. STR/AFP via Getty Images

A 10-year-old boy who fell into a deep and narrow hole at a construction site on New Year’s Eve in Vietnam has been pronounced dead by authorities.

Rescuers spent nearly 100 hours trying to free Ly Hao Nam from the 35-meter (115-foot) long support pillar driven into the ground, but without success, online newspaper VnExpress cited a local government official as saying.