Jud  (CSi)  A rural Jud teen has died, after trying to save a puppy from a vertical sewer drain last Saturday.

LaMoure County Sheriff Bob Fernandes says 19 year old Jesse Wagner, attempted to retrieve the dog after it had fallen into the sewer drain at around 7-p.m.

Wagner crawled into the 10- foot drain to retrieve the dog, which crawled up onto his shoulders and out.

His mother was able to get the puppy out, and Wagner lost his grip and fell in.

Fernandes says it took about 30- minutes before Wagner could be reached.

Wagner’s body has been sent to the medical examiner’s office in Bismarck for an autopsy.

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