In the Vitebsk region, rescuers retrieved a pensioner who had fallen into a well

В Витебском районе спасатели достали упавшего в колодец пенсионера

On Sunday, Vitebsk rescuers assisted a 66-year-old man who fell into a 5-meter well.

The incident occurred on the afternoon of July 5 at a dacha in the village of Dryukovo, Vitebsk district. The owner was cleaning the well and fell into it from a ladder. Rescuers from the Ministry of Emergency Situations pulled him out and handed him over to medics.

The man sustained injuries of varying severity and is in the hospital.

Vitebsk Regional Department of the Ministry of Emergency Situations