A 40-year-old Sri Lankan man who saved a squirrel from drowning lost his life on Saturday, an English newspaper reported on Monday.
According to the Daily Mirror, Tilak Rajakaruna was climbing out after cleaning his 60-foot-deep (about 18.29 meters) garden well in a northern Colombo suburb called Kandana, when a squirrel fell into the well from an overhanging branch.
Rajakaruna climbed back down to rescue it. He caught the squirrel and put it in the pockets of his shorts and started to climb up again.
However, the squirrel came out and bit his hand, making him lose his grip and fall to the bottom of the well striking his head.
Rajakaruna's wife who was holding the rope rushed him to RagamaBase Hospital with the help of some neighbors but he succumbed to his injuries at the hospital.
Doctors from the hospital reported that the death was due to head injuries caused by the fall.
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According to the Daily Mirror, Tilak Rajakaruna was climbing out after cleaning his 60-foot-deep (about 18.29 meters) garden well in a northern Colombo suburb called Kandana, when a squirrel fell into the well from an overhanging branch.
Rajakaruna climbed back down to rescue it. He caught the squirrel and put it in the pockets of his shorts and started to climb up again.
However, the squirrel came out and bit his hand, making him lose his grip and fall to the bottom of the well striking his head.
Rajakaruna's wife who was holding the rope rushed him to RagamaBase Hospital with the help of some neighbors but he succumbed to his injuries at the hospital.
Doctors from the hospital reported that the death was due to head injuries caused by the fall.
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