An elderly woman enjoying a morning stroll with her husband suffered a shock when she stepped onto a loose manhole cover and plunged down the hole.
Wang Lu, 87, and her husband Wang Jungcheng were taking an after-breakfast walk in Changchun, northeast China's Jilin province, when the unfortunate incident occurred.
According to Jungcheng his wife stepped onto a manhole cover which suddenly moved - causing her to plummet down the hole.
He said: "I instantly caught her clothes, but she still dropped down."
Emergency services were called and a firefighter clambered down into the 3m deep hole in order to help Lu climb out.
She was then checked over by medical staff who declared that she was fine apart from a few scratches.
According to residents, when the cover for the manhole went missing the local community office found another for it.
However, this new lid is smaller than the original and doesn't fit the manhole properly, explaining Lu's accident.
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