A woman who was taking a toilet break while on a road trip in the Australian outback ended up getting stuck waist-deep in a pit latrine after it collapsed.
She was “trapped in the sewage pit for approximately three hours, until [she was] rescued by a local tradesman who happened to be passing by,” authorities in the Northern Territory said.
The woman, who was with her husband and two children, was on the way home to Canberra after visiting relatives in Darwin when the incident happened, according to the Action for Alice community Facebook page.
The toilet in question is located at the Henbury Meteorites Conservation Zone, about 145km (90mi) south-west of the remote town of Alice Springs.
Pit toilets are basic, non-flush latrines that collect human waste in a deep hole in the ground. They are common in remote or rural areas, such as off-grid camping sites. (BBC)
About Author
