Two boys hauled from flooded drain (From Oxford Mail)

Two boys hauled from flooded drain

9:56pm Tuesday 3rd June 2008

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Firefighters, paramedics and police have been involved in the dramatic rescue of two boys trapped in a flooded drain in Witney.

The teenage boys got into difficulty playing in a culvert running underneath Eastfield Road, off Hailey Road, earlier this evening.

They were treated at the scene by ambulance crews before being taken to hospital. One was suffering from suspected hypothermia, a South Central Ambulance Service spokesman said.

A police spokesman said: "We are not entirely sure what has happened.

"It looks like there was a group of young people playing - we are now talking to witnesses."

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