Tourist trapped waist-deep in sewage for hours after toilet collapses during family stop

Tourist trapped waist-deep in sewage for hours after toilet collapses during family stop


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A tourist taking a break in the Australian outback ended up waist-deep in human waste after falling into an outdoor toilet.

While driving through Central Australia with her family on Sunday, a Canberra woman stopped at Henbury Meteorites Conservation Reserve to use a drop toilet — a hole in the ground beneath a toilet bowl.

But to her shock, the rusty floor gave way as she stepped on it, sending her into a sewage pit about 6.5 feet deep.

A tourist was left waist-deep in sewage for three hours after the floor of a remote outback toilet collapsed beneath her. Action for Alice / Facebook

Because there was no phone signal in the area, 90 miles southwest of Alice Springs, her family was forced to leave her behind and drive an hour north to the nearest town to find help.

The woman was stuck in the hole for three hours,

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