A Calgary family are concerned for their daughter's health after the 21-month-old fell into a septic tank at a tourist information centre in Maple Creek, Sask., last Thursday.
Trevor Pickersgill, Denaie McCarthy and their three daughters were on their way to Regina when they stopped at the information centre for lunch. The children were playing over the septic tank, situated about five metres away from the picnic table where the couple were sitting, when their youngest daughter, Nataya, fell through the plastic cover on top of the septic tank.
"My daughter fell 10 feet into the septic water. I screamed," said McCarthy. "My husband came running, didn't think for a second. [He] jumped in."
Pickersgill said Nataya was submerged in sewage.
"She was completely in the water, but floating," he said. "She was going through the little tunnel into a different part of the septic tank, and I reached in and grabbed her leg."
Bystanders at the information centre got a rope and pulled Pickersgill and his daughter to safety.
McCarthy said that Nataya suffered a five-centimetre gash on the back of her head as a result of the fall, and seemed to exhibit concussion-like symptoms. Nataya was taken to a hospital in Maple Creek afterward. The parents have also taken her to the Children's Hospital in Calgary regarding their health concerns. They also plan on taking Nataya to their family doctor to get blood tests done. Cont.
Story from - CBC News
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