Crime & Safety
Firefighters Rescue Woman Swallowed by Sinkhole
The accident could have been far worse had it been a child who stepped on the spot, said Tina Sanchez, of Joliet Township.
A Joliet Township woman had to be rescued by firefighters this week when she was swallowed up by a sink hole near her home.
Tina Sanchez was standing between two units in the Modern Mobile Home Park at 1703 S. Chicago St., where she lives, when the ground gave way and she sank down to her hips, she told CBS 2 (WBBM-Channel 2). The accident happened Monday evening.
“I’m under the ground. I’m under the ground like just literally trying to push myself up,” she told the station. “The more I pushed to get up, the further I would fall.”
The East Joliet Fire Department had to help get her out of the hole, Sanchez said. Her legs and buttocks were bruised but the injuries are minor compared to what would have happened had it been a child who came upon the spot, she told the news station.
“I’m under the ground. I’m under the ground like just literally trying to push myself up,” she told the station. “The more I pushed to get up, the further I would fall.”
The East Joliet Fire Department had to help get her out of the hole, Sanchez said. Her legs and buttocks were bruised but the injuries are minor compared to what would have happened had it been a child who came upon the spot, she told the news station.
“My concern is all the little kids playing," Sanchez said. "Had one of them went in there, they wouldn’t have come back out because I was all the way up to (my hip).”
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