Man Swept Away by Torrent of Sewage Identified
Firefighters who rescued a contract worker from a Raymore sewage drain say he's lucky to even be talking. Thirty-year-old Daniel Collins spent two hours in raw sewage after a harness he was wearing fell apart. He was then swept away by a torrent of raw sewage down a narrow pipe. That pipe was just 27 inches wide. That's two feet, three inches. As for what's in the pipe, a Raymore engineer described it as whatever you brush or flush. "It was really nasty," said Antonio Smith, the firefighter who rescued Collins. "Once you pop the cover, the methane gas just comes up to you, kind of stings you a little bit". Raymore's Director of Public Works said Collins fell in the manhole at 615 Foxwood Drive. The sewage, running three thousand gallons a minute, forced Collins, a man weighing 130 pounds, through the narrow pipe and took him past 27 manhole covers. Firefighters found Collins a mile and a half away next to Creekmore Lake... Fox