Related News

HomeNation

Search continues for toddler missing in manhole

RESCUERS are combing city sewers for a 3-year-old boy who has been missing since he fell down a manhole in east China's Jiangsu Province on Thursday, local officials said today.

The boy has been missing since 8 pm Thursday, when he disappeared into a six-meter-deep hole in the city of Xuzhou, the city government said in a statement.

More than 50 rescuers and specialists have been searching the city's sewage system since the accident, but they said the fast-moving currents and high water levels have hampered rescue efforts.

The accident was the latest involving a manhole since the case of Yang Lijun, 21. A high-profile manhunt was launched after she fell into an uncovered hole in Changsha, capital of Hunan Province, during a storm in March. Her body was found in a river about two months later.

Police are still investigating the case.

 

Copyright 漏 1999- Shanghai Daily. All rights reserved.Preferably viewed with Internet Explorer 8 or newer browsers.

娌叕缃戝畨澶 31010602000204鍙

Email this to your friend