PICS: Woman hurt after London ‘sinkhole fall’
A woman has reportedly been hospitalised after she disappeared down a hole in the pavement while pushing a pram this morning.
Passersby said they heard a loud scream as the woman and the buggy she was pushing fell down the hole in Fulham, west London.
Fire crews and ambulances rushed to the incident, which happened this morning outside a cafe on North End Road.
Kate Sissons posted pictures of the hole in the ground on her Instagram account and wrote: “OMG! Poor woman and pram just disappeared down this hole on North End Rd. She’s stuck down there.”
She added: “It just happened! Loud scream and all I could see was the pram. Ambulance and fire on way to get her out. Scary. V v scary.”
A woman called Emily also posted photos of the hole on Twitter.
She wrote: “Everybody remember where you were the day of Fulhams great sink hole. #neverforget.”
Everybody remember where you were the day of Fulhams great sink hole. #neverforget pic.twitter.com/iX3QKOeNYB
— emily (@emily_hendo23) April 23, 2015
London Ambulance Service said on Twitter: ``We've cared for a woman who was shaken after falling through a hole in the pavement in Fuham.
We've cared for a woman who was shaken after falling through a hole in the pavement in #Fuham We've taken her to hospital.
— London Ambulance Service (@Ldn_Ambulance) April 23, 2015
“We’ve taken her to hospital.”
