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Child rescued after falling 15 feet into storm drain in Fayetteville

Firefighters, EMS and police officers responded to the scene next to a Sheetz gas station at the intersection of Raeford Road and Bunce Road.

Posted 2024-01-05T22:01:16+00:00 - Updated 2024-01-05T23:37:10+00:00

4-year-old boy rescued from storm drain in Fayetteville

Rescue crews helped save a boy who fell into a storm drain in Fayetteville on Friday afternoon.

Firefighters, EMS and police officers responded to the scene next to a Sheetz gas station at the intersection of Raeford Road and Bunce Road.

At approximately 430 p.m. Firefighters, EMS and police officers responded to the scene next to a Sheetz gas station at the intersection of Raeford Road and Bunce Road.

Emergency crews rescued a 4-year-old boy from a storm drain.

The 4-year-old boy fell an estimated 15 feet. WRAL News learned the child was helped out of the drain quickly. The child's injuries were not life-threatening.