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A bystander took this cell phone picture of a teen waiting for rescuers to help him to shore.

Teen trapped by rushing waters

Updated: Monday, 15 Mar 2010, 12:41 PM EDT
Published : Monday, 15 Mar 2010, 12:41 PM EDT

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) - Water rescue teams were called out Sunday afternoon after a local teenager was trapped on a concrete slab as the Flatrock River raged past him.

Around 4:00 p.m., rescuers were called out to the scene, near a train trestle, just east of Rushville, Ind.

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