Boy rescued after disappearing in flooded drainage ditch in Calumet County

  • Source: WMTV-TV NBC 15 Madison
  • Published: 08/29/2018 08:03 AM

An 11-year-old boy was rescued Tuesday afternoon being disappearing in a flooded drainage ditch in Calumet County's Village of Harrison. The sheriff's office says the boy was playing with friends in the drainage ditch at about 6 p.m. The severe storms had passed but it was still raining, and the road was under about 3 feet of water. The boy went under the water and didn't come back up. The Calumet County dive team, deputies, and other first responders began searching the ditch and storm sewer. A Harrison firefighter saw a finger poking through the hole in a manhole cover 30 feet away. The manhole cover was lifted and the boy was pulled to safety.



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