this video shows the horrifying moment a chinese girl is hit by a firecracker explosion, sending her tumbling down a sewer to her death the girl and two boys can be seen walking down the street before one of the children   believed to her brother   drops the small explosive down a manhole as they step back, a huge blast sends the manhole cover flying into the young girl, zhaotong yiliang chia, as the explosion knocks her back and down a second drain horrifying: a chinese girl died after a firecracker explosion sent her tumbling down into a sewer  the girl and two boys can be seen walking down the street before one of the children   believed to her brother   drops the small explosive down a manhole  the distressing video shows zhaotong being hurled backwards before falling down the drain behind her, which was uncovered by the firecracker explosion shockingly the two boys then appear to walk away, possibly unaware that she has fallen into the sewer in the south western chinese province of yunnan two other men in the background also run away after the explosion but may not have seen the girl fall down the manhole firefighters were called to the scene as dozens gathered around the drain, including zhaotong's father, following the tragic accident last month the girl, zhaotong yiliang chia, is sent flying backwards as the explosion knocks her back and down a second drain  the girl was fatally injured and died in hospital shortly after she was hauled from the manhole by firefighters  the girl's father was among the crowds as she was pulled from the sewer and rushed to hospital  he can be seen watching as she is eventually hauled from the drain and placed on the ground he rushes round to hold his daughter's hand but it is clear that she has been fatally injured she was rushed to hospital but later died
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girl and two boys   one her brother   seen putting a firecracker down drain . a huge explosion sends the chinese girl tumbling down into the sewer . firefighters eventually haul the young girl out but she later died in hospital 