This is the terrifying moment a young child falls through a manhole as she walks with her mother.
The girl, who was out walking in Tatarstan, Russia, fell after standing on a metal lid which was covering a manhole below.
Footage shows the lid tipping down from the toddler’s weight and the girl vanishing.
The terrified mum rushes to the hole and lifts off the metal cover before reaching down to grab her.
Another woman and a passerby come to help and they hoist the girl to safety.
Reports said the child had fallen into a sewer but it was unclear if the manhole was for sewage, drainage or water supplies.
Police in the Russian region of Tatarstan were reportedly checking the incident amid uncertainty where exactly it had taken place.
A regional prosecution official said: “So far we have no exact information on this.”
If it became clear where the incident had happened, then law enforcement would “evaluate the actions of utility services or other responsible organisations”.
