Egyptian dies while digging for gold

By Rana Husseini - Mar 16,2014 - Last updated at Mar 16,2014

AMMAN — A 45-year-old Egyptian man died on Sunday after falling into a seven-metre deep hole while digging for gold in the Ain Al Basha area in Balqa Governorate, some 35km northwest of Amman, according to a senior Civil Defence Department (CDD) official.

The victim’s fall dislodged a large rock that fell on him, the official explained.

“It took our rescue teams around three hours to pull the body out with special equipment because the hole was only half a metre in width, and because of the huge rock on the victim.”

The victim’s body was taken to Salt Public Hospital for an autopsy, the CDD official added.

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