A 10-year-old died after he fell into a manhole. Shéa Ryan died from “a head injury with drowning” at a Glasgow, Scotland, construction site. This happened on July 16, 2020, around nine to 10 PM local time, according to a police report published five years later.

How A 10-Year-Old Boy Died From Falling In A Manhole

According to the police report shared on July 30, 2025, and obtained by PEOPLE, Shéa and a group of other children found the manhole open. Noticing the ladder, Shéa tried to climb down before he slipped.

The boy fell around 20 feet to the bottom of the manhole, which had water inside. On the way down, he hit his head, causing the head injury.

When the other children didn’t hear from Shéa, they fled to get help. Graeme Paterson, Shéa’s stepfather, soon arrived on the scene, a

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