Young girl playing in puddles dies after falling into manhole

A 3-year-old Chinese girl died while playfully jumping in puddles — and accidentally falling into a rain-filled manhole, according to reports.

The girl fell into the open sewer on June 11 as she played games while walking home from her nursery with her grandmother in Chang’an in China’s southern Guangdong Province, according to The Sun.

It sparked a huge rescue operation involving nearly 200 people, including divers searching through the shoulder-width sewers, The Mirror said.

The underground tunnels were full of water after a “torrential downpour” that officials believe may have also pushed off and carried away the manhole cover, the reports claim.

Video of the search shows an elderly woman, believed to be the toddler’s grandmother, held back as she sobs uncontrollably.

A body was found near a sewage outfall three days later and the girl’s family positively identified her as the missing child, according to the reports.

via: https://nypost.com/2019/06/18/young-girl-playing-in-puddles-dies-after-falling-into-manhole/

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