Spanish police are looking for a young man who
abandoned his lover in a well after she accidentally
fell in during a bout of al fresco lovemaking.
The couple met on Friday night in Ciudad Real, a
city in Castilla-La Mancha region of central Spain
at a park where young people gather for outdoor
drinking parties known as "el botellon".
They found a quiet corner in the park to have sex
but did not realise that their movements had
dislodged a waterwheel well shaft cover and the
woman, named locally as Edelia Aponte, 21,
tumbled through the gap.
In a rather ungallant move, the as yet unnamed
man fled, leaving her trapped in the ten metre hole
where she remained shivering in water for half an
hour before firefighters pulled her, half naked, from
the well shaft.
Miss Aponte was treated at the local hospital for
hypothermia and shock and was discharged the
next morning.
It is thought that her companion made the
anonymous call alerting police to the incident but
did not stick around to see the rescue.
Police are now searching for Miss Aponte's
companion who could be charged with failing to
provide assistance to someone in need.
Authorities have also warned local youths to be
careful when partying in the park where there are a
number of similar well shafts.
"It could have ended in tragedy," said Leni Portillo,
spokesman of the local fire service. "Luckily, the
woman could swim and she wasn't knocked out in
the fall."
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