Boy, 2, drowns in mud and his dad dies trying to save him after horror plunge down unmarked 200ft well near playground

A TODDLER drowned in five feet of mud after he fell down a hidden well near a children’s playground, as his father also died trying to save him. The two-year-old, Batu Demir, was running and playing when he tumbled to his death in the unmarked 200-foot-deep hole in Salihli, Turkey on January 5. NewsflashBatu Demir had been enjoying his time at the playground when he fell down the 197ft well[/caption] NewsflashThe Demir family had only moved to Salihli two months before the fatal tragedy[/caption] Aytug and Yagmur Demir had taken their young child to the playground and were watching him ride his bike and run around before he suddenly disappeared down the hole. His father, Aytug, 28, immediately jumped in after his child to try to save him. Hearing the screams, passers-by were quick to call emergency services who arrived on the scene with heavy equipment. They were able to establish the pair were still alive using a long borescope camera and began to drill a hole in an attempt to free them. After 10 tireless hours of drilling, they had only reached the depths of 49 feet – a quarter of the distance down to the trapped victims. By the time the emergency workers finally reached the pair, both were dead and young Batu was submerged completely in the mud. The 197-foot-deep well has since be found to have been dug illegally to try to provide irrigation for nearby olive trees six months ago. It was then abandoned and left dangerously unmarked. Police have been investigating the fatal incident and have made two arrests. Site manager. Hamza Akis, and the manager of the company that drilled the well, Vasfi Cakir, are being accused of causing multiple deaths by negligence. The deep well has now been filled in to prevent any more needless deaths. Aytug and Yagmur Demir had got married in June 2020 and Batu was their first child. NewsflashAytug Demir was reported to have selflessly jumped in the well right after his son[/caption] NewsflashBatu Demir looks happy as he walks with an unnamed man sometime before the horror ordeal that would claim his life[/caption]