2 teens die in drain

Panic! · 03 Jul 2012, 8:27 am

Even open air drains can be fatal;

From http://www.news.com.au/national/two-chi ... 6415032589

TWO boys are dead after they were buried alive when a drain they were playing in collapsed and horrified rescuers were unable to revive them.

The two boys, aged 12 and 14, were taken to Ayr Hospital, south of Townsville in north Queensland, in a critical condition after crews managed to pull them out.

Multiple police, fire crews and ambulance crews were called to the private residence in Clements Street, Ayr at about 7pm.

A Department of Community Safety spokeswoman said CPR was conducted at the scene after the youths went into full cardiac arrest.

They were rushed to hospital but were unable to be revived.

It is unknown whether the children are related.

Early information suggested the boys were playing in an earth mound stormwater drain when it suddenly collapsed, trapping them both, police said.

More on this story from the Townsville Bulletin http://www.townsvillebulletin.com.au/

Titan · 03 Jul 2012, 8:52 am

Very sad and tragic story.

I guess this is where people will understand why we always try and encourage younger explorers to never go alone but tag along with older people, as with age you get more knowledge and know what to look out for.

All the drainers out there, please take care.

Panic! · 03 Jul 2012, 2:27 pm

Yeah,very sad. Very weird too. Above ground. Well it looked to above ground. It looks like they were probably digging out the side to make jumps or something. Not regular or even irregular drain explorers by reading it. Just kids in the wrong place at the wrong time probably doing the wrong thing.

Enigma · 03 Jul 2012, 5:06 pm

looks like they were digging in the soft dirt. They should have realised it wasn't safe.

binjuice · 03 Jul 2012, 6:32 pm

Enigma wrote:looks like they were digging in the soft dirt. They should have realised it wasn't safe.

When your 12 and 14 you dont think of these things unfortunately.

Titan · 03 Jul 2012, 6:57 pm

Reminds me of those kids few years back who dug tunnels at the beach and sand collapsed on them.

Panic! · 03 Jul 2012, 8:58 pm

binjuice wrote:
Enigma wrote:looks like they were digging in the soft dirt. They should have realised it wasn't safe.
When your 12 and 14 you dont think of these things unfortunately.

Yeah. When I was that age I was exploring drains in Mellbourne (the first one I explored was Anzac) and had no concept of the dangers of drains and rains combining to cause flash floods. It was pure luck that I didn't get injured or worse. This is why I am a strong advocate of experienced drainers passing along safety information to the inexperienced, which thankfully seems to be a very wide spread practice. This is also why I am not in favor of exploring with underage explorers, although I admit some of them I have encountered have been pretty mature.