Three drowning incidents on Saturday across Taiwan

The summer heat on Saturday drove many people to beaches and rivers to cool off

Three people died in three separate drowning incidents across Taiwan on July 9 as the summer heat drove many to beaches and rivers to spend the weekend, Qazet.az reports.

A 16-year-old senior high school student surnamed Hung went to Maling Hot Spring, a wild riverside hot spring near Guguan in Taichung City, with his friends on Saturday morning, CNA reported. When they were crossing a river on their way to the hot spring, Hung allegedly tripped, fell into the water, and drowned.

Hung’s friends called for help immediately, and when rescuers arrived at the scene, they found Hung stuck at the bottom of the river, three meters deep. Hung showed no signs of life after being retrieved from the water.

Another drowning happened at the Doufu Cape scenic area to the east of Nanfang'ao Fishing Port in Yilan County around 3 p.m. A family of five went to the scenic area for an outing and three children went into the water to play. An eight-year-old boy drowned. He exhibited no vital signs after being removed from the water, and he was pronounced dead later in the hospital, per CNA.

Another drowning incident happened in the Xindian River under the Qingtan-Weir Reservoir in New Taipei’s Xindian District around 6 p.m.