Australia drain rescue: Man freed after 36 hours trapped underground

Not The Onion@lemmy.world – 96 points – 6 months ago

Australian freed from drain after 30 hours hiding from police

An Australian man has been freed after spending 36 hours trapped in a drain network.

He first entered a drain in Brisbane on Saturday "while trying to retrieve his phone", according to authorities.

You could say, he was down under.

he kept trying to climb up not realising that he was getting deeper and deeper.

Reminds me of an old scifi story where an underground prison was actually upside down and secretly using artifical gravity to mislead all of the prisoners. The real way to escape was to go down.

Dig up idiots, dig up

On Tuesday, police said the man had been driving a "suspicious" car that reversed and struck a police vehicle around 4:20 (18:20 GMT) on Sunday, causing damage to both cars. No police officers were injured.

His car then sped off before being involved in a second crash, which caused "minor injuries" to the other driver, they said.

Moments later, the suspect allegedly abruptly exited the car and ran from the scene on foot.

"It's amazing what people will do sometimes and what happens, so yes, there's always surprises," acting police commissioner Steve Gollschewski told media on Tuesday, when asked about the case.