In Uralsk, a three-year-old child, left unattended in the courtyard of a private house, fell into an open septic tank with sewage, according to zakon.kz.

The misfortune happened around 21:00, the portal My City reports.

The septic tank was three meters deep.

The incident happened at 21:00. The child was dragged out by neighbors, after which he was admitted to the hospital, where he was diagnosed with mechanical asphyxia due to fluid entering the respiratory tract. press service of DChS WKO