Horrifying moment a curious boy plunges through a manhole cover as his parents desperately try to save him
A CURIOUS toddler was lucky to survive after plunging through a broken manhole cover into wastewater in China.
CCTV footage shows his shocked parents leap into action to heave the three-year-old – who hit his head during the drama – to safety.The toddler's dad reached inside to save his lad The video shows him walking up to the broken manhole cover on a footpath and tentatively tap it with his right foot. When he stepped straight on to it, the cover flipped and caved in to the hole, making the boy lose his balance and tumble in.
The lad can be seen trying in vain to grip on to the footbath to stop his fall, as his parents rush over to save him.A surveillance camera recorded the scary scene at around 5pm on August 1 in the southwestPanicking, his dad tried to save the boy, but he was too big to fit inside the narrow manhole.Incredibly, his son sustained just minor injuries."He fell inside but kept his head up. The boy was quite scared [but] he only suffered from some bruises on his feet.
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