‘I love you all!’: boy sucked into stormwater drain in Melbourne praises rescuers after amazing escape

Boy, 11, was riding bike when sucked into drain and under road before he managed to grab on to metal grate when his helmet caught

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An 11-year-old boy has had an amazing escape after being sucked into a flooded stormwater drain and washed 10 metres under a road in Melbourne.

The boy was riding his bike with a friend in Altona Meadows on Thursday afternoon when he accidentally rode across a submerged drain and was sucked underwater.

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