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video. Up Next. A young boy was caught on video falling down a manhole cover after Thames Water workers left it open, his mum has claimed.
Image Credit: Metro [PIC FROM KENNEDY NEWS AND MEDIA (PICTURED: THE MANHOLE ON BETHAN WALKER'S DRIVEWAY) This is the moment a schoolboy plummets down an open manhole on his own driveway - that is 'fuming' mum claims Thames Water workers left open. Footage shows 12-year-old Corey Walker walking to get into his car before he screams and falls down an exposed manhole in his driveway, suddenly disappearing from view. His mum Bethan Walker says she is 'absolutely fuming' as she claims Thames Water workers left the drain uncovered. DISCLAIMER: While Kennedy News and Media uses its best endeavours to establish the copyright and authenticity of all pictures supplied, it accepts no liability for any damage, loss or legal action caused by the use of images supplied and the publication of images is solely at your discretion. SEE KENNEDY NEWS COPY - 0161 697 4266]
Corey Walker, 12, was about to get into the car for the morning school run when he dropped down into the open manhole on the driveway. He screamed after falling in to about waist depth, smacking his legs on the bricks and leaving him with cuts and bruises.
Image Credit: Metro [PIC FROM KENNEDY NEWS AND MEDIA (PICTURED: PIC FROM BETHAN WALKER'S CAMERA SHOWING COREY WALKER, 12, PLUMMETING DOWN AN OPEN MANHOLE ON HIS OWN DRIVEWAY WITH MUM BETHAN WALKER, 31, AND SISTER DOLCIE WILLIAMS, 3) This is the moment a schoolboy plummets down an open manhole on his own driveway - that is 'fuming' mum claims Thames Water workers left open. Footage shows 12-year-old Corey Walker walking to get into his car before he screams and falls down an exposed manhole in his driveway, suddenly disappearing from view. His mum Bethan Walker says she is 'absolutely fuming' as she claims Thames Water workers left the drain uncovered. DISCLAIMER: While Kennedy News and Media uses its best endeavours to establish the copyright and authenticity of all pictures supplied, it accepts no liability for any damage, loss or legal action caused by the use of images supplied and the publication of images is solely at your discretion. SEE KENNEDY NEWS COPY - 0161 697 4266]
He was then taken to hospital to get his injuries cleaned and checked over fears the wounds had been exposed to sewage. Mum Bethan Walker reported the drain to Thames Water the evening before, as she had spotted sewage coming out of it. Workers arrived at her home before 7am to address the problem, but she believes they did not properly close the manhole before leaving.
Image Credit: Metro [PIC FROM KENNEDY NEWS AND MEDIA (PICTURED: COREY WALKER, 12, IN MINOR INJURIES AFTER HE PLUMMETED DOWN A MANHOLE) This is the moment a schoolboy plummets down an open manhole on his own driveway - that is 'fuming' mum claims Thames Water workers left open. Footage shows 12-year-old Corey Walker walking to get into his car before he screams and falls down an exposed manhole in his driveway, suddenly disappearing from view. His mum Bethan Walker says she is 'absolutely fuming' as she claims Thames Water workers left the drain uncovered. DISCLAIMER: While Kennedy News and Media uses its best endeavours to establish the copyright and authenticity of all pictures supplied, it accepts no liability for any damage, loss or legal action caused by the use of images supplied and the publication of images is solely at your discretion. SEE KENNEDY NEWS COPY - 0161 697 4266]
Bethan, from Minster Lovell, Oxfordshire, said: ‘It just breaks my heart when I watch it, his poor little scream. ‘It’s awful. It’s just something that could have been so easily avoided if they’d have just done their job properly. ‘We’ve walked out the door to take the kids to school, we didn’t even notice that it was uncovered or anything.
‘I’m putting the dog in [the car] one side, chattering away to him. The next minute he [Corey] just screams. ‘At first I thought he was winding me up because he said I’ve fell down a hole!. ‘And then he gets up and starts limping and I was like, you’ll be fine. I get the dog in the car and he’s still screaming at this point.
![[PIC FROM KENNEDY NEWS AND MEDIA (PICTURED: THE MANHOLE ON BETHAN WALKER'S DRIVEWAY) This is the moment a schoolboy plummets down an open manhole on his own driveway - that is 'fuming' mum claims Thames Water workers left open. Footage shows 12-year-old Corey Walker walking to get into his car before he screams and falls down an exposed manhole in his driveway, suddenly disappearing from view. His mum Bethan Walker says she is 'absolutely fuming' as she claims Thames Water workers left the drain uncovered. DISCLAIMER: While Kennedy News and Media uses its best endeavours to establish the copyright and authenticity of all pictures supplied, it accepts no liability for any damage, loss or legal action caused by the use of images supplied and the publication of images is solely at your discretion. SEE KENNEDY NEWS COPY - 0161 697 4266]](https://metro.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/SEI_233758624-6ab1.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=646)
![[PIC FROM KENNEDY NEWS AND MEDIA (PICTURED: PIC FROM BETHAN WALKER'S CAMERA SHOWING COREY WALKER, 12, PLUMMETING DOWN AN OPEN MANHOLE ON HIS OWN DRIVEWAY WITH MUM BETHAN WALKER, 31, AND SISTER DOLCIE WILLIAMS, 3) This is the moment a schoolboy plummets down an open manhole on his own driveway - that is 'fuming' mum claims Thames Water workers left open. Footage shows 12-year-old Corey Walker walking to get into his car before he screams and falls down an exposed manhole in his driveway, suddenly disappearing from view. His mum Bethan Walker says she is 'absolutely fuming' as she claims Thames Water workers left the drain uncovered. DISCLAIMER: While Kennedy News and Media uses its best endeavours to establish the copyright and authenticity of all pictures supplied, it accepts no liability for any damage, loss or legal action caused by the use of images supplied and the publication of images is solely at your discretion. SEE KENNEDY NEWS COPY - 0161 697 4266]](https://metro.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/SEI_233758610-deae.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=646)
![[PIC FROM KENNEDY NEWS AND MEDIA (PICTURED: COREY WALKER, 12, IN MINOR INJURIES AFTER HE PLUMMETED DOWN A MANHOLE) This is the moment a schoolboy plummets down an open manhole on his own driveway - that is 'fuming' mum claims Thames Water workers left open. Footage shows 12-year-old Corey Walker walking to get into his car before he screams and falls down an exposed manhole in his driveway, suddenly disappearing from view. His mum Bethan Walker says she is 'absolutely fuming' as she claims Thames Water workers left the drain uncovered. DISCLAIMER: While Kennedy News and Media uses its best endeavours to establish the copyright and authenticity of all pictures supplied, it accepts no liability for any damage, loss or legal action caused by the use of images supplied and the publication of images is solely at your discretion. SEE KENNEDY NEWS COPY - 0161 697 4266]](https://metro.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/SEI_233758623-8764.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=646)
