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Dog Lover Dies After Getting Buried Alive While Trying To Save Pet Pup After It Fell In A Hole
January 25, 2021
A 36-year-old dog lover from Wales has passed away after they got buried alive while trying to save their pet puppy from a hole in a country field.
Gary Davies was trying to reach his trapped sheepdog when he got caught in the tunnel fall.
The farmer, who is from Rhayader, Wales, had been searching for his beloved pet puppy after it ran loose in the countryside.
It had burrowed into a hole that was present there.
A farmer died after being buried alive in a tunnel collapse as he tried to rescue his sheep dog from a hole in a field.
Father-of-three Gary Davies, 36, was caught in the tunnel collapse while trying to find his dog, called Llecau, who had run loose at Gorse Farm in St Harmon, Rhayader, Mid Wales.
After discovering his dog trapped in a hole, Mr Davies started to dig away, before loose earth fell on top of him.
Emergency services rescued him from the hole but he died in hospital five days later on January 16.
The victim s family declined to comment on the incident and the fate of Mr Davies dog is unknown.