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Three-Year-Old Rescued After Falling Into 15-Meter Well in Turleque, Toledo

The case underscores the risks posed by unsecured rural wells.

Overview

  • The child, who fell into a well on private land in Turleque, drew an emergency call at 1:32 p.m. Saturday according to Castilla-La Mancha’s 112 service.
  • Guardia Civil officers and firefighters from nearby Villacañas reached the parcel on Calle del Cristo and began the rescue.
  • Fire crews pulled the boy from about 15 meters below ground in what local reports described as a complex operation.
  • After the rescue, a mobile intensive care ambulance, known in Spain as a UVI móvil, took the child to the Hospital Universitario de Toledo.
  • Regional emergency services confirmed the alert, rescue, and transfer, and no official update on the child’s condition was released.