Toddler Rescued from Sewer Pipe in Chester County, PA
A 3-year-old boy was rescued after falling into an exposed sewer pipe in Chester County.
NBC10 reports that the child was playing at the Hickman Sanitation Service site in West Chester on Tuesday evening.
A representative for the West Chester Fire Department told the station that the child was one of several children playing nearby.
The child’s brother saw him fall into the pipe, which was about 12-14 feet in diameter, and went to alert their mother, who called 911.
According to KYW News Radio, officials said the child grabbed a pipe or a rope inside the larger pipe, and avoided falling all the way down into a septic tank.
The boy held on for roughly 20 minutes until he was rescued. He was then taken to a hospital for treatment, but had no visible injuries.
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