TAXILA: A teenage boy dies of suffocation in a well in Dhoke Mehdi area near Burhan railway station in the limits of Hassanabdal police station on Monday.

Shahzaib, 19, climbed down the well of his house to fix water pump, police quoting family and eye witnesses said.

The victim fainted after inhaling poisonous gas accumulated in the well.

Rescue 1122 from Hassanabdal police station was called but it did not have oxygen. Scuba team then retrieved the body and shifted it to tehsil headquarters hospital.

Police have registered a case and launched further investigation.

Published in Dawn, September 5th, 2023