18 Jan 2019

Woman injured falling through floorboards at Timaru cafe

2:17 pm on 18 January 2019

A woman is in hospital after falling through the floorboards at a Timaru cafe and becoming trapped.

Arthur Street Kitchen in Timaru.

Arthur Street Kitchen in Timaru. Photo: Google Maps

Firefighters were called in to help the woman, who was stuck at hip-height in the floor at Arthur Street Kitchen this morning.

They were called at 10.50am, and spent about 20 minutes cutting her free.

She was in quite a lot of pain and distress, but members of the public helped to keep her calm, Fire and Emergency said.

She was taken by ambulance to Timaru Hospital in a moderate condition.

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