Puppy saves boy, 4, from injury
A puppy saved its four-year-old owner from serious injury after the boy stepped on a manhole cover and plunged feet first into a sewer.
The accident happened last Thursday when Jack Sorrell, from High Brooms, was holding the Staffordshire Bull Terrier on a walk with his grandfather.
Fortunately Mia the dog pulled forward on the lead and stopped Jack from falling down any further.
Kent County Council denied any blame as the drain is on private land.
But Jack’s father Tony Philips said it was the second such incident.
“The lady who lives next door, her husband fell through the same drain hole two months ago and they reported it, but it still hasn’t been fixed.”