KARACHI: Two minors and a youth died after falling into a 120-foot-deep submersible pump well located in a neighbourhood in Karachi, police said on Sunday.
The tragic incident took place inside the premises of a residential building near Fawara Chowk in Garden East on Sunday evening.
Eyewitnesses said the children were “jumping” on the well cover when it suddenly broke under their weight, causing the victims, aged 8 and 12, to fall to the bottom, where a submersible water pump was installed.
Panicked, residents called a local plumber to go down the well and rescue the boys, but tragically, he suffered the same fate when the rope he was hanging from broke, according to residents.
As soon as the authorities were alerted to the matter, rescuers were dispatched to the scene.
Rescue teams said Geo news who had difficulty getting the children out of the well because it was very narrow.
The two boys, identified as Badar and Talha, and the plumber were rescued in critical condition and were later declared dead.
They said one of their workers was also trapped inside the well but was later rescued safely.
Talking with Geo newsNeighbors said that when the plumber entered the well, he told them about the “lack of oxygen” inside.
“He tied the two children to his body with a rope and asked us to take it out, but it broke,” they said.
