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.
含羞草研究社淏ut then my co-worker shows me this manhole and there含羞草研究社檚 somebody screaming out from the manhole, 含羞草研究社楬elp! Help!含羞草研究社櫤卟菅芯可鐫 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.
含羞草研究社淲e made sure he含羞草研究社檚 OK. The guy seemed really thirsty. He said, 含羞草研究社楪ive me some water. I need to get out. Help me out,含羞草研究社櫤卟菅芯可鐫 Savard said. 含羞草研究社淏ut those manhole covers are pretty heavy and we didn含羞草研究社檛 know who this guy was, so we said let含羞草研究社檚 just call the cops and wait for them to arrive.含羞草研究社�
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 O含羞草研究社橞rien, Nanaimo RCMP spokesperson, said once freed, the man had little interest in waiting for paramedics, who含羞草研究社檇 been called to the scene to check him over.
含羞草研究社淥ther than being very cold and very wet, he was relatively uninjured,含羞草研究社� O含羞草研究社橞rien said. 含羞草研究社淎fter being wrapped up in a blanket and after his teeth stopped chattering, he was able to say that somebody had pushed him inside 含羞草研究社� After being wrapped up in a warm blanket, he walked away to live another day.含羞草研究社�
O含羞草研究社橞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.
含羞草研究社淭hat含羞草研究社檚 what we含羞草研究社檙e thinking because the manhole cover was never lifted before. There was, like, sand and everything on there, so it would have been noticeable,含羞草研究社� Savard said.
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