A 13-year-old boy died when he was swept into a storm drain during heavy rain.
The horror unfolded as Pablo Oliveira dos Santos was walking home from football practice on Wednesday (28 Feb).
He was with his pals and their coach when he tried to wash his boots in the water flowing down the half-open drain on the roadside.
He was two blocks away from his home at the time.
Pablo fell over and was swept into the closed part of the drain by the force of the current.
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Firefighters were called to the scene and rescued him.
They took him to a local hospital in Embu das Artes near São Paulo, Brazil, but he had two cardiac arrests and died.
His devastated dad told local media: “He was coming back from practice and was close to home.
“He was an only child, passionate about football.”
Pablo’s body was taken to the Institute of Forensic Medicine before being released to his family.
He was laid to rest yesterday (29 Feb).
The rain in Embu das Artes was so heavy that a street was flooded and a house had to be preventively evacuated.
Two other properties in the municipality were flooded.
