While visiting relatives on Pham Van Dong Street in Lao Bao commune on 7/7, five-year-old Tran Tien from Hue City became stuck in a 9-cm diameter drainpipe while playing in the yard around 4 p.m.

The boy's left leg trapped in the drainpipe. Photo: Quang Tri Police

The pipe, buried under a concrete courtyard, ran straight and then bent at a 90-degree angle. Tien’s entire left leg slipped into the pipe and became wedged. Relatives attempted to free him but were unsuccessful.

Rescue and Firefighting Team No. 2 (Fire Prevention, Fighting and Rescue Police Department, Quang Tri Provincial Police) dispatched personnel and equipment to the scene.

The boy is rescued from the drainpipe. Photo: Quang Tri Police

Police calmed the boy while using tools to break the concrete and cut the plastic pipe. By 5:34 p.m., Tien was safely freed, unharmed and in good health.

Dac Thanh