Local people rushed to the rescue when a trapped three-year-old alive fell into an open pit near her home in south India, digging her free. <br /><br />The incident took place on January 13 in Chinnababu Samuthiram village, Villupuram district, Tamil Nadu. <br /><br />The girl slid down the 5-foot-pit while playing, immediately prompting villagers to leap to the rescue, with footage showing local young men digging her out via a hole on one side of the pit. <br /><br />Once they dug up enough and reached near the girl, rescuers carefully pulled her out and handed over to her mother. <br /><br />The girl was later taken to a hospital where doctors ran some tests.
