SAHIWAL: A boy was critically injured when he fell into a 30-foot deep well near Rati Tibi village on Thursday.

Shahzad, 15, was going to his fields when he started playing at a wooden slab placed on the edge of a well.

An eyewitness said the boy lost his balance and fell into the well.

Rescue 1122 recovered him from the well and shifted him to DHQ Hospital with multiple fractures.

Allah Rakha, father of Shahzad, said his son was deranged.

Published in Dawn, October 10th, 2014

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