Middle school student who fell into the broken ice dies..."I'm trying to find a friend, but it's devastating".

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When the frozen reservoir ice broke, middle school students playing above fell into the water, killing one.

The dead student is said to have been defecated while trying to save his missing friends first.

Reporter Kim Geun-woo reports.

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A group of middle school students are heading to the mountain path.We're going to play on ice in the middle of Mt.

mountain reservoir.

About 30 minutes later, one person runs down with a surprised expression.

They rush up with police officers, followed by ambulances and rescuers.

The ice sheet, which I thought was frozen, suddenly broke and six people fell into the water.

Five people were rescued, but 13-year-old A was finally found dead.

[Kim Chang-ki / Witness: I think two of them are in the deep end now, but I saw one of them get rescued and put in a wrapping paper in an ambulance, but I didn't see the last one.]

This is the scene of the accident. As the recent days unraveled, the ice melted and broke, and the students who were playing with them without checking this were defecated.

First, I jumped on the ice one after another to save my friend who fell out, and then fell out all at once.

Mr. A, who died, is also said to have fallen into the water while trying to save his friends with a fishing rod.

They were friends from the neighborhood who had been flocking together since they were young.

[Local residents: From elementary to middle school, they have no choice but to come here to play because they are local children. Why don't you hang out with a group of people? When winter comes, there are not many places to play in this area, so when the reservoir freezes in winter, it comes to play like this. I'm coming to skate.]

The ice sheet in the relatively thin reservoir melted early in the rising daytime temperatures.

Since it is difficult to know the thickness of the winter ice with snow, accidents can be prevented only when it is not raised as much as possible.

[Lee Young-joo / Professor of Fire and Disaster Prevention at Kyungil University] Even if the ice on the edge is thick and you can walk, the ice gets thinner and thinner toward the center, so it often falls off. You shouldn't go up on ice and play or fish as much as possible....]

If the ice broke and fell out, it's a good idea to put your arms on the ice and wait for the rescue.

I'm Kim Geunwoo from YTN.

Reporter for shooting
: Jeon Dae-woong