The elderly woman was half in and half out of the Coxhead Rd manhole in Manurewa when she was rescued. Photo/ Google Maps
The elderly woman was half in and half out of the Coxhead Rd manhole in Manurewa when she was rescued. Photo/ Google Maps
An elderly woman is in hospital with moderate injuries after falling down a manhole in South Auckland today.
St John ambulance northern communications spokeswoman Jennifer Porter said the accident happened on Coxhead Rd, Manurewa, and the woman was taken to Auckland City Hospital by ambulance.
Fire communications spokeswoman Megan Rurusaid the woman had been half in and half out of the hole when fire crews rescued her.
It was not immediately clear how the woman had fallen into the manhole.
