by Lucas K. Murray, Gloucester County Times
Wednesday February 11, 2009, 8:14 PM
MONROE TWP. -- A young child had to be airlifted to a hospital after falling into a seven-foot-deep well Wednesday night.
The child, described by police only as being approximately 3 years old, entered a small well house around 5:40 p.m. on a rental property on the Black Horse Pike. He tumbled into the deep hole and was immediately pulled out by his father who lifted the boy to the arms of a family member.
Police Lt. Tony Pace said a small concrete structure with an unlocked wooden door covered the three-foot-wide well.
"The child was observed by either a parent or guardian open the door," Pace said. "They ran to the building knowing what was inside, but just got there too late."
Further details of the incident are still unclear. Pace said officers on the scene reported the boy was incoherent with an abrasion above his eye. Volunteer EMTs from the Cecil Fire Co. arrived on the scene and administered first aid while a helicopter was called in.
Within minutes, he was flown from a landing zone at the nearby Whitehall School via Jeff State One to Cooper University Hospital for treatment.
Pace said the injured boy does live on the property where the well is located. It is one of three buildings in close proximity to each other which abut state game lands.
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