"From my understanding, it might have been on a dare," Galveston County Sheriff Henry Troschessett told KTRK. "He's a large, 14-year-old, my size, 5 foot, 11 inches, and he picked it [a grate] up and when he did that, he slipped into the intake."
The teen was able to escape after an employee was able to shut off the pipe, but not before the teen suffered serious internal injuries. He is being treated at the University of Texas Medical Branch, KTRK reported.
The Sheriff's Office is still investigating and is examining the grate the boy was able to lift.
"Is there a way to put a lock on it, or some kind of device that screws it down so somebody is not able to just pick it up so easily," Troschessett asked KTRK.
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