'It was just a freak accident': friends kept trying to pull colleague out of drain long after he had died

By Emma Partridge
Updated March 31 2014 - 4:08pm, first published 2:12pm
Family tragedy: Paul Smith, pictured with his daughter Emma. Photo: Supplied.
Family tragedy: Paul Smith, pictured with his daughter Emma. Photo: Supplied.

When a father of three was sucked into a stormwater drain last week his work colleagues refused to loosen their grip until police told them it was time to let him go.

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