In Erzenhausen in Rhineland-Palatinate, a 17-month-old child fell into a three-meter-deep shaft. "The child had apparently opened the covered pipe in an unattended moment and had fallen into the depths," said the police headquarters Westpfalz.
"Currently, fire and rescue workers are working feverishly to free the child," the statement goes on. The accident site is near Kaiserlautern. The technical relief organization is with rescue and recovery equipment in use. In addition to German police officers also US military police from the rescue work. Parallel to this, there are already first investigations into the cause of the accident.
As the "Rheinpfalz" reports, the rescuers can hear the victim. "The child is alive, it is screaming," said Weilerbach fire chief Udo Straßer. Accordingly, the rescue workers are about to expose the pipe, then open it.