14-Year-Old Boy Rescued After Being Trapped In Mud For More Than Hour In New Castle County
TOWNSEND, Del. (CBS) -- New Castle County paramedics and Odessa Fire Company members were called to rescue a 14-year-old boy who was trapped in the mud. It happened just before 4 p.m. Saturday in a construction site in the Goldsborough Farm neighborhood.
Officials say the teen was playing with friends when he became trapped in soft mud up to his thighs for up to an hour.
December 26, 2020: at 3:58 p.m. New Castle County Paramedics were dispatched to assist Odessa Fire Company in the...
Posted by New Castle County Paramedics on Saturday, December 26, 2020
Passersby helped him free a leg before first responders arrived.
It took another 20 minutes to free the teen.
Officials say the boy was not injured.
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