A septic tank that became a deathtrap at Bruce Park lacked a child-proof screw for securing the protective lid to the tank’s opening on the day that a frantic search for 3-year-old Amari Harley ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The lid to an underground city septic tank where a 3-year-old boy drowned last October was not properly secured the day he fell in, according to an investigative report from ...

County officials say instances in which people have died after falling into an open septic tank are very hard on families and first responders.

Investigators believe that the boy was playing with his 4-year-old brother and 6-year-old neighbor before he fell into a neighbor’s septic tank.

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A septic tank that became a deathtrap at Bruce Park lacked a child-proof screw for securing the protective lid to the tank’s opening on the day that a frantic search for 3-year-old Amari Harley ...

An Oregon woman survived as many as three days trapped in a septic tank after falling into the putrid hole while doing maintenance work, according to a new report.

The young boy was found days later, drowned in a septic tank just yards from where he'd last been seen. Authorities ruled the death an accident, saying he fell through a damaged septic tank lid.

After the 3-year-old lifted the lid on the tank and fell in, his brother told their grandmother, who called 911. The tank was in the neighbor's yard, the sheriff's department confirmed.

San Juan County officials have launched a Septic Safe Spring campaign designed to encourage septic tank users to check their tank openings and make sure they are safe.

The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office case file on Amari Harley’s death says child-proof screws were not installed on an underground septic tank where the 3-year-old boy drowned.