AUSTIN, Texas — Crews with the Austin Fire Department and Austin-Travis County EMS rescued someone who was stuck inside of an underground pipe Thursday evening.
The rescue happened near East 12th Street and Curve Street in East Austin.
According to ATCEMS, someone reported a person was stuck in a horizontal waterway and was unable to get out. The person was at least 55 feet into the drainage system.
Rescuers with AFD's Special Operations Search and Rescue team entered a stormwater system in an attempt to search for the person.
At 8:14 p.m., crews reported they had removed the person from the storm drain, and medics transported them to the hospital with serious, potentially life-threatening injuries. No further information was available.
Video shared by AFD and ATCEMS showed the rescue area.
Matthew Reibling sent KVUE this video of Austin Fire and ATCEMS workers pulling a man from underground storm drain:
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