SARASOTA, Fla. (WSVN)– A young girl in Sarasota County was suddenly swept away into a storm drain.

According to investigators, the incident happened just after 6:00 p.m. Sunday night.

The young girl was playing near a storm drain with other kids, when she was suddenly pulled into the drain by a powerful current, fueled by a busted water main.

She was dragged hundreds of feet before crews were able to pull her from that drain.

“Basically, it looks like a waterfall. There was water just rushing down the street,” said neighbor Tom McGhee. “You can see the water running down the street.”

McGhee shared footage from his Ring doorbell video. Video shows about 4 feet of water flooding the street.

Emergency crews arrived minutes later, many of them running in a westward direction when they re

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