A Manchester family is breathing a sigh of relief after their five-year-old child escaped serious injuries following a fall into a manhole at the New Forest Primary and Infant school in the parish on Monday.

“I could have lost my child. Honestly, I could have,” the child's mother, Stacey-Ann Sinclair told The Gleaner.

She said the incident happened after school while her daughter, Jayana Clarke was waiting on the bus to take her home.