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A man who fell into an abandoned well and broke his leg while being chased by a wild dog on Indonesia's tourist island of Bali has been rescued after being trapped for nearly a week, police said.
Roberts Jacob Matthews (29) stumbled into the nearly empty 4m (13ft) deep concrete well and was unable to get out for six days until a farmer in Pecatu village heard his cries for help on Saturday, officers said.
Mr Matthews, who has been on holiday in Bali since March, holds a Ukrainian passport and a UK driving licence, according to police chief Yusak Agustinus Sooai.
Villagers had passed him food and water and tried to help by throwing him a rope, but he said he could not be pulled up because of his injuries.
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Mr Sooai said a team from a local search-and-rescue agency, wearing personal protective equipment because of the coronavirus outbreak, went down into the well and lifted Mr Matthews out late on Saturday and took him to a nearby hospital for treatment.
“He told authorities that he had been trying to evade a wild dog that chased him,” Mr Sooai said. “He survived only by drinking water in the well.”–AP