Unusual Rescue In Lakeside
July 2, 2009
Filed under Press Releases
Photo by El Cajon Fire Division Chief Rick Sitta.
At 10:35 a.m. this morning Lakeside Fire crews, with assistance from El Cajon Fire & Rescue, responded to reports of a seven-year-old boy with his head stuck in the storm drain located near 10252 Big Cone Court in Lakeside.
It took approximately 40 minutes to extricate the child using the “Jaws of Life” to break apart and spread-open the concrete and steel drain structure. Once the child was extricated he was examined by Lakeside Paramedic Firefighters and was found to be uninjured. The child was apparently attempting to retrieve a toy that had fallen into the storm drain when he became stuck.
