Eight-year-old drowns in abandoned manhole at Budumburam Estate

An eight-year-old lad has died aft falling into an abandoned, water-filled manhole astatine Blue Rose Estate successful Budumburam.

According to the Budumburam Fire Station, they received a distress telephone astatine 7:40 americium connected Friday, November 28.

A rescue squad arrived astatine the country astatine 7:54 am, wherever they were informed that 16-year-old Andrews had already been pulled retired and sent to St. Gregory Hospital.

Fire unit instantly began a search-and-rescue cognition for the 2nd victim, eight-year-old Elijah Carbah.

He was yet located and retrieved from the manhole and rushed to the aforesaid hospital, but was pronounced dormant soon aft arrival.