Girl hit by cement bag passes away
The seven-year-old Bangladeshi girl underwent two surgeries.
17 Dec 2018, 9:00 AM
A seven-year-old girl who sustained life-threatening injuries after she was hit by a falling cement bag from a construction site in Malé passed away Monday afternoon.
The girl was breathing through a ventilator after undergoing two surgeries at the Indira Gandhi Memorial Hospital, her family told the press earlier.
Her internal organs were severely damaged and she had two heart attacks while undergoing treatment at the intensive care unit, according to media reports.
Horrific video footage of the accident on Sunday morning was widely shared on social media, prompting concern and outrage over the lack of safety measures. It shows the bag fall on the girl in a cloud of cement mix as she was walking on the pavement ahead of her mother.
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