THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: A 74-year-old woman had a miraculous escape after being trapped in a well near her home at Kanjiramala Pallithathil for two days. Leelamma was found in a mud-filled well about 100 metres from her house, in a nearby rubber plantation. Fire and rescue personnel from Punalur Fire Station pulled her out around 7 pm on Wednesday and rushed her to Punalur Taluk Hospital. After receiving first aid, she was shifted to a private hospital in Kollam for further treatment.
She had recently returned home from her daughter’s residence in Kundara by train. When her daughter was unable to contact her, a search was launched.
Meanwhile, police recovered a note in which Leelamma reportedly expressed that she did not want to be a burden on her children. A case has been registered, and an investigation has begun. The woman, however, has stated that she accidentally fell into the well.
“When our team reached there, she had fallen into the well. It is very much possible that she might have been stuck in the well for the past two days. As the well is just 20 metres deep and is filled with vegetation, she might have received some oxygen. The location of the well is such that she would have received sunlight as well. It is not yet clear how she fell in. Her injuries were not that serious, and of course, it is a miraculous survival,” said B Girish Kumar, Station Officer, Fire and Rescue Station, Punalur.