Emma Bartholomew
Published:
12:16 PM December 24, 2020
Updated:
1:59 PM December 29, 2020
Dara Shafiri (2) pictured centre with parents Behnaz and Reza Sharifi, next to the manhole that he fell down after it was left open by engineers
- Credit: Polly Hancock
A toddler escaped without injury after suddenly plunging 15 feet down a manhole left uncovered by BT s Openreach team, as he ran down the road.
According to witnesses, workmen had removed the cover to the shaft at the the corner of Hurst Avenue and Coolhurst Road, and were chatting about 50 yards away when two-year-old Dara Sharifi ran a few yards ahead of his mum Behnaz and fell into it.
Emma Bartholomew
Published:
12:16 PM December 24, 2020
Updated:
1:59 PM December 29, 2020
Dara Shafiri (2) pictured centre with parents Behnaz and Reza Sharifi, next to the manhole that he fell down after it was left open by engineers
- Credit: Polly Hancock
A toddler escaped without injury after suddenly plunging 15 feet down a manhole left uncovered by BT s Openreach team, as he ran down the road.
According to witnesses, workmen had removed the cover to the shaft at the the corner of Hurst Avenue and Coolhurst Road, and were chatting about 50 yards away when two-year-old Dara Sharifi ran a few yards ahead of his mum Behnaz and fell into it.