(GRAPHIC VIDEO) VIETNAMESE BOY FALLS 60 FT TO HIS DEATH AFTER BEING CAUGHT UP IN A GIANT KITE

A 5-year-old boy plummeted to his death after becoming entangled in a huge kite that swept him more than 60 feet into the air in Vietnam.

Van Minh Dat was helping his mom sell drinks at the Dong Dieu kite field in Ho Chi Minh City when his leg got caught in the rope and he was launched skyward screaming before breaking free, Central European News reported.



The boy died in an ambulance on the way to a hospital.

His aunt, who witnessed the tragedy, said the giant kite – that has a 49-foot span – was launched by members of the Saigon Kite Club as part of preparations for a festival.

“Everyone was looking at them because the kite had fallen to the ground a couple of times as the weather was a bit erratic, and one of the lines that snagged a table near the drinks stand knocked over some chairs as well,” she said.

“Dat had run over to pick up some of the fallen soft drink bottles and his leg got tangled in the kite string which just then took off when it was hit by strong winds.”

She said she joined others in desperately trying to reel the kite back down, but that it was being blown too strongly. When the rope holding Dat broke, he tried grabbing another one but it was too late, CEN reported.

A city spokesman said officials were on hand to keep kids away from the kites – but that Dat was apparently overlooked because he was with his mom working in a stand.