Male breaks leg after ditch fall in Shoebury - Updated

9:14am Sunday 10th June 2012 in News

A man was left with a broken leg after falling into a ten foot deep ditch in Shoebury on Saturday night.

The casualty aged 31 fell into the ditch off Ness Road at about 9.20pm, breaking his left leg in the process.

Despite being able to call for help from his mobile phone, paramedics could not find the man with the police having to be called out to search for him.

He was eventually found by officers near the junction of Church Road after a search which took over an hour to complete.

Crews from Southend fire station had to assist paramedics who were unable to get into the deep ditch by using one of their ladders to drag him out.

Shortly after being retrieved from the ditch at about 11.30pm, the man was taken to Southend Hospital for treatment.

Comments(16)

Soouthchurch59 says...
9:59am Sun 10 Jun 12

Sounds like the 'last leg' of a pub crawl to me!

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bazaarhorse says...
10:56am Sun 10 Jun 12

I'm trying to think where off Ness Rd this ditch is ?

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Russ13 says...
11:10am Sun 10 Jun 12

bazaarhorse wrote:
I'm trying to think where off Ness Rd this ditch is ?
The only place I can think of is one of the ditches in Gunners Park?

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muffindamule says...
11:17am Sun 10 Jun 12

Another young chap who didn't get his leg over on Saturday night.

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The Cater Wood Creeper says...
12:26pm Sun 10 Jun 12

muffindamule wrote:
Another young chap who didn't get his leg over on Saturday night.
he was reported to be hopping mad

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Alice in Her Own Land :P says...
1:05pm Sun 10 Jun 12

Sounds like he won't be legging it for a while!

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All 9 of me says...
1:31pm Sun 10 Jun 12

no more lame excuses for him

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The Cater Wood Creeper says...
2:44pm Sun 10 Jun 12

heel be having all his kneeds tendon to

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firedog says...
3:57pm Sun 10 Jun 12

Lucky it wasnt a last ditch stand.

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v.randy says...
7:12pm Sun 10 Jun 12

shocking story!!!!!!
'man falls in hole'
YAWN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Russ13 says...
8:19am Mon 11 Jun 12

Russ13 wrote:
bazaarhorse wrote: I'm trying to think where off Ness Rd this ditch is ?
The only place I can think of is one of the ditches in Gunners Park?
Looks like I was right! lol

Unless he was trying to cut through Gunners Park that's quite a deviation from Ness Road lol

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naughtyladyofshadylane says...
8:56am Mon 11 Jun 12

ae we gonna hear a more detailed story in Mon's Echo ? Like Why/How etc ?

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ccd says...
10:31am Mon 11 Jun 12

That old joke about there being a hole in the high street and police are looking into it has finally come true.

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The Cater Wood Creeper says...
12:48pm Mon 11 Jun 12

naughtyladyofshadyla
ne wrote:
ae we gonna hear a more detailed story in Mon's Echo ? Like Why/How etc ?
Like Why/How etc ?


he was probably pi55ed

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naughtyladyofshadylane says...
4:11pm Mon 11 Jun 12

yes but i would like to see that put in the paper, not quite like that, but so we all know and he knows that we know !! and where was this ditch that peeps are saying is not there ? or they dont know where it is ? Finallly i think he shoud be named !

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doasilikey says...
7:10pm Mon 11 Jun 12

I don't know why they authorities allow ditches to be created close to roads. As a young man I remember falling into one on a foggy night. I was unconscious for a few hours but eventually made it home. I had to return the following morning to retrieve my house keys that were still in the ignition of my moped.

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