A two-year-old boy has died after falling into a septic tank in Priddis Thursday afternoon, RCMP confirm.
First responders were called just before 1 p.m. to a property near Highway 22X and Priddis Valley Road in the southern Alberta town of Priddis.
The boy was removed from the tank and flown to the Alberta Children’s Hospital in Calgary via STARS Air Ambulance. EMS said he was transported in critical, life-threatening condition but later died.
“We’re very grateful for the help of the bystanders who were there,” EMS spokesperson Stuart Brideaux said. “They recognized the urgency and the critical urgency of this call.
“They were able to provide some very basic equipment that they had at hand which allowed our paramedic staff to essentially, miraculously retrieve this child from the septic tank as quickly as they were able under the circumstances.”
RCMP said the child’s death is now being investigated by the medical examiner. An autopsy had not been scheduled as of 3:30 p.m. Thursday.
Priddis is about 50 kilometres southwest of Calgary.
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