FIRE officers were called out to rescue a teenager when he got trapped in a clay pit in Thatto Heath.
Fourteen year old Daniel Van Der Vliet, from Union Street, St Helens, was playing in the clay pits near Nutgrove Hall Drive at 9.30pm on Saturday, May 2 when he got stuck and couldn't climb back out. The fire services were called and officers from both Eccleston and Whiston stations were needed to get the teenager out safely.
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