Boy, 3, dies after falling into grease trap behind fast food restaurant
A three-year-old boy has died after falling into an underground grease collection tank behind an upstate New York fast food restaurant.
Rochester Police Investigator Frank Camp says the boy fell through a plastic cover into the grease trap behind a Tim Hortons restaurant Monday morning (local time).
Witnesses pulled the unidentified child out and administered CPR.
Mr Camp says the child was pronounced dead at Strong Memorial Hospital. He called the incident an “unspeakable tragedy”.
A spokesperson from Tim Hortons - which is a restaurant chain founded in Canada - told CNN in a statement it offered its condolences to the boy’s family.
“Tim Hortons is fully cooperating with authorities,” the statement said.
“As there is an ongoing police investigation, we have no further comment at this time.”
Restaurant grease traps are designed to keep used oil and grease out of sewer systems.
Alabama politicians passed legislation requiring more secure covers after a three-year-old girl died in a 1.8-meter-deep grease trap in Alabama, in October 2017.
In Tulsa, Oklahoma, a five-year-old girl was rescued after falling into a grease trap in March 2018.
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