A Hole Lot Of Trouble

A woman with a shopping trolley fell down a 3ft-wide hole and had to be rescued.

15:00 24 April 2015

A woman with a shopping trolley fell down into a hole, which had opened up in the pavement outside a café on north end road in Fulham, south-west London. The woman was rescued and was taken to the hospital but was not seriously injured. 

 

The London Ambulance Service said: "The patient was shaken but not seriously injured and we took her to Charing Cross Hospital."

 

Tables and chairs have been placed around the hole to keep people walking into it. However, despite warnings from café staff, the woman squeezed through the chairs and fell down the hole. 

 

Mohammed Atillah, who works in the cafe, said: "I could see a small hole. I put the tables and chairs so no-one would come through," said Mr Atillah.

 

"A lady was passing down the street, she came into the middle of the tables and fell down the hole."