GALLERY: Newlands baby found in storm drain recovering
Updated | By ECR Newswatch
A baby girl found in a storm water drain in Newlands East is currently being treated at a Durban hospital.
A KwaZulu-Natal rescue team descended on Baracuda Road earlier today, after residents heard faint cries coming from a manhole in the early hours of the morning.
It took rescuers almost three hours to excavate the area and reach the baby girl, found nestled seven-metres in the pipe.
The baby has since been airlifted to hospital and is being treated for mild hypothermia.
NOW WATCH: Durban medics work to rescue baby from drain
Local residents have literally pulled the doors from their kitchens cupboards for the emergency workers to use them as reinforcement as they continue to dig. #NewlandsEastBabyRescue @ECR_Newswatch pic.twitter.com/wzXoK4CCRj
— Bernadette Wicks (Wolhuter) (@bern_wicks) February 11, 2019
See photos from the rescue operation below:
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