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8 Baby Ducklings Rescued From Storm Drain Near Busy Freeway, Reunited With Mom

CONCORD (CBS SF) -- There was a happy ending for some baby ducklings trapped in a storm drain near Interstate 680, in Concord Saturday.

A Good Samaritan noticed them around noon near the Willow Pass off-ramp and called the fire department.

When fire crews arrived, they successfully removed the eight ducklings from the storm drain and reunited them with their parent.

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(Contra Costa County Fire Department)

According to a Contra Costa Fire Department dispatcher, the firefighters scooped them up and put them in a bag. Then they moved them to the other side of the road where mama duck was waiting.

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