Missing child stuck in storm drain rescued in Tennessee

19 Aug 2023 • 2:41 PM MYT
The Independent
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A missing 11-year-old girl was rescued after she was found in a storm drain in Tennessee on Sunday, 13 August.

Isabella Jackson went missing just after 9am from Skylight Drive in Bartlett, a suburb of Memphis, the Bartlett Police Department said.

A resident reported hearing a child shouting from underneath a driveway on the 6200 block of Skyview Circle around an hour later.

Emergency services attended the scene and heard the youngster shouting that she was stuck in a sewer line underground.

Officer Jennifer Willoughby crawled into the pipe to guide Isabella back to safety.

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