On Sunday, Bjørn Ole and some friends were out by a flooded field in Knapstad in Indre Østfold. The boys decided to go swimming, but a funny situation quickly took a dramatic turn, mother Cecilie Helgestad tells news. – He did not notice that there was a drainage pipe under the ground. He was sucked into the tube, which was filled with water throughout. The 13-year-old was sucked into this pipe, when the water was high due to heavy rainfall. Photo: Cecilie Helgestad It was VG who mentioned this case first. Got a beating in the tube – We were notified by the AMK central at around 12:30. The message was that it was a boy who had been sucked into a water pipe in a stream, confirms operations manager in the East police district, Trond Lorentzen. The pipe is supposed to be just over 200 meters long, but amazingly, the 13-year-old boy got out without major injuries on the other side. – He got quite a beating in the tube. But there was tremendous pressure there, so it must have gone very quickly. He had no water in his lungs when he was thrown out on the other side, says mother Cecilie. Bjørn Ole Helgestad has suffered some painful scrapes after the incident, but otherwise no major injuries. Photo: Cecilie Helgestad Bjørn Ole was able to crawl out of the stream and call for help. When he recovered at the hospital, he threw up some water, but otherwise showed no signs of a concussion or other serious injuries. – He has had incredible luck. He thinks his head hurts a bit, and he has a few scrapes here and there. But he plays a lot of football and is used to it, so he is actually doing very well, says a relieved mother. – He woke up in the hospital today after sleeping a bit, ate like a horse like most 13-year-olds, and then he really just wanted to go home, she continues. The police warn Operations manager Lorentzen in the police is not locally known in the area himself, but confirms that there has been extra water in the stream as a result of the large amounts of rainfall. He generally urges people to be careful about entering water that suddenly appears in unusual places. – It can quickly seem tempting for some children and young people to be in water where there is normally no water. It’s a little exciting, but it’s important to take precautions and exercise caution. Water currents can drag you into pipes, basins and the like, he says to news. This time it went well, although Cecilie Helgestad will not be surprised if her son later gets a little shock from the incident. – He is probably a bit shocked, so he may have a reaction eventually, she concludes.
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Bjørn Ole (13) was sucked into a pipe in the floodwater – news Oslo og Viken – Local news, TV and radio
