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‘Unspeakable tragedy’: Toddler dies after falling in Tim Hortons grease trap

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Toddler dies after falling into unsecured Tim Hortons grease trap
WATCH: Toddler dies after falling into unsecured Tim Hortons grease trap – Jul 16, 2019

A three-year-old boy has died after falling into an underground grease collection tank behind an upstate New York fast-food restaurant.

Rochester Police Investigator Frank Camp says the boy fell through a plastic cover into the grease trap behind a Tim Hortons restaurant Monday morning.

Witnesses pulled the unidentified child out and administered CPR.

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Camp says the child was pronounced dead at Strong Memorial Hospital.

Restaurant grease traps are designed to keep used oil and grease out of sewer systems.

A “grease trap” at a New York Tim Hortons where police say a three-year-old boy fell through and later died. Reuters

Alabama lawmakers passed legislation requiring more secure covers after a three-year-old girl died in a six-foot-deep (1.8-meter-deep) grease trap in Auburn, Alabama, in October of 2017.

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In Tulsa, Oklahoma, a five-year-old girl was rescued after falling into a grease trap in March 2018.

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