Worksafe inspectors are in Rotorua after an elderly woman fell into a sinkhole yesterday afternoon
Worksafe inspectors are in Rotorua after an elderly woman fell into a sinkhole yesterday afternoon
29 July 2022
Emergency services were called to the living thermal village in Whakarewarewa around 2pm, after the woman fell into the sinkhole on a footpath.
She suffered severe burns and her husband suffered moderate injuries while trying to rescue her.
GNS Volcanologist Brad Scott says these types of sinkholes aren't unprecedented events....they happen about once a year.
WorkSafe New Zealand has been notified of the incident at Whakarewarewa Village, and inspectors will be conducting enquiries at the scene.
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