An
eleven-year-old boy drowned
when he fell into a well full of water on Tuesday afternoon in the town of Uspallata, west of Mendoza, police sources reported.
The event occurred after 4:30 p.m. in a mirror of water
more than two meters deep
located behind the Villa Clarita neighborhood of the aforementioned town in the department of Las Heras, indicated a police report and reproduced by the
Télam
agency .
A call to 911 alerted to a child who had fallen to the bottom of a well with water and had been missing for several minutes.
The minor was identified as Jonathan Pizarro and, according to local media.
Police personnel verified that it was a well resulting from an excavation that, due to the rainfall of days before, had filled with water to a depth of approximately 2 meters.
One of the versions indicated that the minor was apparently playing and at one point the ground would have given way, causing him to lose his balance and fall.
Police personnel and Uspallata Firefighters managed to extract the minor, identified as Jonathan Pizarro, and performed CPR on him.
Meanwhile, doctors from the Coordinated Emergency Service transferred him to the local hospital where they confirmed the death.
Another tragedy at a water hole
In February of this year, but in San Luis, a man died when, despite not knowing how to swim, he jumped into a water hole to rescue his son, who had tripped and fallen there.
Juan Carlos Álvez, 58, was with his wife and Juan Ignacio, 27, during his first vacation in the province.
They came from Florencio Varela and toured the vicinity of the Siete Cajones River.
As reported by El Diario de La República, the victim's son fell into a pool that began to suck him in and, therefore, make it difficult for him to get out.
The Diario de San Luis reports that Juan Carlos instinctively jumped into the water when he heard his son's plea for help.
But the man's situation became more complicated, while the young man finally managed to get out of it by his own means.
Juan Ignacio was also the one who alerted the authorities, who immediately went to the scene.
Personnel from the 17th El Trapiche Police Station arrived at the scene a few minutes after the tragedy took place and found the young man and his mother in a state of shock.
The same outlet also reports that to remove Álvez's body, the authorities had to dive to about seven meters.
With information from Telam
DB
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