An elderly man checking the water from the well slipped in and died
In the hamlet Portanovafrom Casal Cermelliin the province of Alexandriaa elderly man, aged 82, died after to have fallen into a well inside the property in via Bosco Marengo. THE vigilant of the fire intervened and the mayor, Antonella Cermellithey say that the elderly man last night, Sunday 31 July, was checking the water level of the groundwater for the irrigation of the land, worried about the drought.
Then, due to accidental causes, the old man fell inside. The body was extracted by two teams of firefighters who used Saf techniques (Alpine river speleo). All using ropes and hoists. The carabinieri were also on site. With the exclusion of third party liability, the body was returned to the family.
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