Man, 48, dies after being sucked into sewer trying to help truck driver
A man died after being sucked down a manhole while he was trying to help a driver of a pick-up truck stranded by flooding. The body of biologist Ariel Muñoz, 48, was discovered on Monday morning, who on Saturday was sucked by a manhole in Chiapas, Mexico.
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Authority sources said his body was found in the Grijalva river in Chiapa de Corzo, in an areas known as “El Tapón”, in the Sumidero Canyon.
The victim was sucked into the groundwater of an open sewer in the El Magueyito neighbourhood, some distance away.
The man was “pulled” by the torrents of the storm drain when he was pushing a stranded pick-up truck.
The heavy rains on Saturday in the area left homes flooded and cars stranded.
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A search and rescue involved Civil Protection, the Fire Department and the National Water Commission (Conagua).
The biologist’s body was trapped among rocks in the Grijalva riverbed.
A group of six men on Saturday evening, including Ariel, had helped a Nissan van driver, who was stranded.
When they managed to free the stuck vehicle, the biologist fell into a sewer, where he was sucked in. The five others tried to help him, but he disappeared instantly.
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Ariel Muñoz Núñez was a biology graduate from the University of Sciences and Arts of Chiapas (Unicach).
Additional reporting by Maria Ortega
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