A man in south Nanaimo found himself in tight spot and had to be rescued by police and workers at a local transport company earlier this week.
Carl Savard and his co-workers arrived at their workplace on Tenth Street near Junction Avenue at at about 5:15 a.m. Monday, June 26, to hear someone calling for help. Savard said at first he thought the cries might have been coming from a nearby construction site.
B次元官网网址淏ut then my co-worker shows me this manhole and thereB次元官网网址檚 somebody screaming out from the manhole, B次元官网网址楬elp! Help!B次元官网网址橞次元官网网址� Savard said.
He grabbed his cellphone to record what was transpiring as he and his workmates went to see if the man, trapped in a manhole in the middle of the street, was all right.
B次元官网网址淲e made sure heB次元官网网址檚 OK. The guy seemed really thirsty. He said, B次元官网网址楪ive me some water. I need to get out. Help me out,B次元官网网址橞次元官网网址� Savard said. B次元官网网址淏ut those manhole covers are pretty heavy and we didnB次元官网网址檛 know who this guy was, so we said letB次元官网网址檚 just call the cops and wait for them to arrive.B次元官网网址�
Savard retrieved a pry bar and he and his two workmates and the RCMP officer were able to flip the heavy manhole cover open.
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Savard said the man was cold and dirty, but otherwise apparently unharmed from his ordeal.
Reserve Const. Gary OB次元官网网址橞rien, Nanaimo RCMP spokesperson, said once freed, the man had little interest in waiting for paramedics, whoB次元官网网址檇 been called to the scene to check him over.
B次元官网网址淥ther than being very cold and very wet, he was relatively uninjured,B次元官网网址� OB次元官网网址橞rien said. B次元官网网址淎fter being wrapped up in a blanket and after his teeth stopped chattering, he was able to say that somebody had pushed him inside B次元官网网址� After being wrapped up in a warm blanket, he walked away to live another day.B次元官网网址�
OB次元官网网址橞rien said police were unable to find any security camera video footage from nearby businesses that might have explained how the man came to be in the storm sewer.
Savard said he and his co-workers theorized the man may have crawled for unknown reasons into a storm culvert that had recently been installed as part of the nearby construction work, gotten disoriented, and lost his pants and shoe in the process.
B次元官网网址淭hatB次元官网网址檚 what weB次元官网网址檙e thinking because the manhole cover was never lifted before. There was, like, sand and everything on there, so it would have been noticeable,B次元官网网址� Savard said.
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