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Baby Dies In Russian Sewer System Tragedy
Source: Sky news
An 18-month-old baby has died after he was sucked into Russia's sewer system with his mother when the pavement buckled underneath them.
Police said the boy's 26-year-old mum was walking him in a stroller through the main square in the city of Bryansk, about 235 miles (380km) southwest of Moscow, when the walkway suddenly gave way.
The woman's policeman husband reportedly used a rope to rescue the young mother from the gaping hole, but her son - named by the Russian media as Kirill - fell out of his stroller and was swept away by the rushing water.
The boy's body was found some 28 hours later nearly 3.5 miles (6km) away from the original spot where he vanished.
Read more: http://news.sky.com/home/world-news/article/16145655