India, June 17 -- The alertness of a seven-year-old boy helped save a 30-year-old man from drowning in a creek in Thane on Tuesday morning after he spotted the man drowning in the creek and rushed to inform nearby traffic police personnel.

The boy, Varun Lilake, was playing near the creek in the Saket area of Thane West when he noticed a man's head bobbing in the water. Sensing that something was wrong, he ran to a traffic police chowki nearby and alerted the officers on duty.

Traffic police personnel Sangram Sonawane and Kailash Palve of the traffic division were conducting a special drive when the boy approached them. Spotting a fire brigade vehicle passing by, the officers immediately stopped it and informed the firefighters about th...