Australian tourist Jennifer Keenan was seriously injured during a holiday in the Philippines and is recovering in hospital. Photo / Supplied
Australian tourist Jennifer Keenan was seriously injured during a holiday in the Philippines and is recovering in hospital. Photo / Supplied
An Australian woman almost lost her legs after becoming trapped under rubble when a makeshift bridge collapsed while she was holidaying in the Philippines.
Jennifer Keenan, 32, from Queensland, was on the final stop of a boat tour from the tropical island of Coron on February 15 when the incidenthappened.
She was following a group walking across a makeshift footbridge, made of cement blocks and a plank of wood, when the structure collapsed.
“She was thrown into the water and pinned between large, sharp concrete blocks,” a friend wrote on a GoFundMe page for Keenan.
“Unable to move and in severe pain, she was trapped as people rushed to help free her.
“It took multiple people to pull her out, revealing the extent of her injuries – including a pole that had pierced through her leg and severe damage to her ankle.”
Jennifer Keenan was injured when a makeshift bridge she was crossing in the Philippines collapsed.
As they were on a small island, Keenan couldn’t be taken to a hospital. Instead, she was taken to a small medical centre for treatment, news.com.au reported.
“I just lay down on the kayak and I put my hat over my head … I just didn’t want to go into shock,” she said.
“I was yelling at everyone to put gloves on … I was just freaking out. The room was just filled with all these people speaking this language I couldn’t understand. They put some sort of pill in my mouth, which was an antibiotic. Then that was it, they put me back in the kayak and to a boat that was ready to take me to the hospital.”
She was put on a boat for two-and-a-half hours to be taken to the nearest hospital.
Keenan has since been airlifted to Manila, where she is still recovering.
The GoFundMe page has been created to support her as she recovers.
