Vietnamese boy trapped in 35-metre concrete pillar dies

Ten-year-old who fell into a narrow open shaft on New Year's Eve at construction site confirmed dead

A 10-year-old Vietnamese boy who fell into the narrow open shaft of a concrete pillar at a construction site on New Year's Eve has been confirmed dead, state media said on Wednesday.

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