‘I love you all!’: boy sucked into stormwater drain in Melbourne praises rescuers after amazing escape

The stormwater drain in Altona Meadows where an 11-year-old boy hung on by his fingers before being rescued on Thursday. Photograph: Victoria police

An 11-year-old boy has had an amazing escape after being sucked into a flooded stormwater drain and washed 10 metres under a road in Melbourne.

The boy was riding his bike with a friend in Altona Meadows on Thursday afternoon when he accidentally rode across a submerged drain and was sucked underwater.