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Unattended boy dies after falling into sewer
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The body of an 11-year-old boy was found yesterday morning after he fell in a sewer in the Pudong New Area on Saturday evening.
The boy was left unattended by his parents, who are migrant workers from
The accident occurred about 8pm on Saturday when he stepped on a plank of wood covering a manhole. The plank broke and he fell into the manhole, a police investigation found.
He had been washed away by the time his parents arrived at the scene, TV news reported.
Firefighters couldn’t find the boy in the 8-meter-deep sewer and the rescue operation was called off.
His body was found elsewhere in the drainage system at 6am yesterday.
The boy’s grandmother was seen wailing on a local television news report yesterday.
“There is no cover,” she was heard crying. “Not even a plastic one.”
Residents said children often play at the construction site, where many manholes don’t have covers. They also said there are no warning signs or barriers around the uncovered manholes.
The city government has started probing into the case.
In March, a 21-year-old college woman, Yang Lijun, fell into a manhole during a rainstorm in
Her body was found two months later about 90 kilometers away.
In response,
Sixty-five nets will be added in Huangpu District by the end of this month. Each net costs 150 yuan (US$24.44) and will be replaced every two years, according to media reports.
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