4 Chinese students died in accidents in two states in the United States

4 Chinese students died in accidents in two states in the United States Editor's note: According to the US "World Journal" report, Chinese students in Ohio and Kansas recently died...

4 Chinese students died in accidents in two states in the United States. Editor's note: According to the US "World Journal" report, there have been recent reports of Chinese students in Ohio and Kansas dying due to car accidents and fires and failing to escape in fires in rental houses. As the snow season and Christmas and New Year are approaching, the Chinese Consulate General in Chicago and New York have specially reminded international students to pay attention to safety. Two international students from mainland China who were studying at the University of Dayton in Ohio were involved in a car accident on Riverside Road in Montgomery County, Ohio, in the early morning of the 6th. The car quickly caught fire and the two were trapped in the car and could not escape. When rescuers arrived at the scene, they were unfortunately burned to death in the car. According to the preliminary investigation report of the Montgomery County Sheriff's Office, the car was traveling northbound, deviated to the right side of the road, and then hit a large tree, causing the car body to catch fire. Two international students, aged 19 and 18, were trapped in the car and could not escape from the car in time. When ambulance personnel arrived, although they were immediately sent to the hospital for rescue, they still died. Amy Anderson, director of the International Student Center at Deton University where the two were studying, expressed great regret for the accident. She said that the school will do everything it can to provide student-related counseling services and provide help to the families of the deceased students. Dayton University stated that news of the student's death has been notified to their relatives in mainland China. President Daniel J. Curran also called on all teachers and students of the school to provide maximum support and prayers to the relatives and friends of the deceased students through an email. There are currently about 500 international students from mainland China at the University of Dayton, ranking first among the number of foreign students at the school. In addition, according to Zhou Zi, the consul of the Chinese Consulate in Chicago, two international students from Liaoning, China, who were studying at Emporia State University in Kansas, died in a fire in their rental house a few days ago and were unable to escape the fire. Zhou Ziyi and Education Consul Li Changhua had just returned to Chicago from Kanzhou to visit the students and their families who were unfortunately killed. He pointed out that the two students who died were both first-year graduate students. At 1 a.m. on October 20, a fire broke out in the kitchen of the single-family house they rented. The two students did not escape. One student died on the spot, and the other student died on the way to a large hospital the next day. Song Jianming, head of the Overseas Chinese Affairs Section of the Chinese Consulate in Chicago, reminded international students that as the year-end and New Year holidays come, various parties and activities are frequent. They must pay attention to their own safety when going out, especially when using candles and driving. Wang Bangfu, the Overseas Chinese Consul of the Chinese Consulate General in New York, said on the 10th that after the car accident involving a Chinese student in Oklahoma, the Chinese Consulate immediately contacted the school and the police to express concern and determined that the victim was a Chinese citizen. The Chinese Consulate in New York contacted the victims’ relatives in China and helped them apply for visas to the United States through diplomatic channels. The Chinese classmates of the two students who died recently held a memorial ceremony in accordance with Chinese customs at the site of the car accident to toast, burn incense and lay flowers.