Aussie police question mom after new-born found in drain
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AUSTRALIAN police were questioning a mother yesterday after passing cyclists who had heard crying found her new-born son abandoned in a 2.5-meter-deep drain in Sydney.
New South Wales police said a group of cyclists were riding on a bike track along a highway in western Sydney early yesterday and they heard the sound of crying coming from a nearby drain.
“We actually thought it was a kitten at first, but when we went down there we could hear exactly what it was, you could definitely tell it was a baby screaming,” David Otte, one of the cyclists, told The Daily Telegraph.
“We’re just thinking about the little fella, he’s a beautiful, beautiful baby.”
Police said the concrete slab covering most of the drain was so heavy it needed several people to lift it.
“With the assistance of several passers-by we managed to raise (the) large concrete slab which covers the inspection pit of the stormwater drain,” Inspector David Lagats said.
“Officers climbed into the drain and located a baby wrapped in a striped hospital blanket, approximately eight foot down on the bottom of the pit.”
The baby, who police fear may have been dropped through a gap into the drain, was taken to hospital conscious and breathing and remains in a serious but stable condition, Lagats said.
He added that the baby was malnourished and between two days to a week old.
The Telegraph said the boy may have been in the drain since Tuesday.
Lagats said the cyclists found the baby just in time, as a heatwave later swept through the state.
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