AN angry resident who was left on crutches for eight weeks after stepping into a “sinking” road has added her voice to calls for urgent repairs.

Samantha Emond, of Fronks Road, Dovercourt, suffered a fall at the junction of Portland Avenue and Portland Crescent, while crossing in 2016.

She stepped into a large dip in the road, falling and twisting her ankle.

Although she made repeated attempts to contact Essex County Council to seek compensation and get the road repaired, she has been left frustrated and without reassurance.

Mrs Emond, 43, said: “I just got letters saying they have been keeping an eye on it and it is no cause for concern.”

She was on her way home after finishing work when she has the accident two years ago.

She said: “There is a massive dip in the road as I approached the other side, I didn’t see it and went down hard.

I have never felt pain like it, I couldn’t get up.

“A nearby window cleaner heard the scream and came to help me. He offered to take me to hospital where I had to have X-rays.

“I had suffered a serious sprain, muscle and tendon damage. I was left on crutches for eight weeks and had physiotherapy for three months.

“I still get pain. I couldn’t go to work - I am a self-employed carer so I do a lot of walking about.

“I know this has happened to someone else at the same spot and the worry is it could easily happen again.

“If an elderly person was to fall the outcome could be a whole lot worse.

“We need to get this dangerous road fixed.”

Ivan Henderson, councillor for the area, recently reported the road to Essex County Council and said it had sunk further over the past year.

He said: “I am not at all satisfied with the response I received, it is frustrating that these issues which are so important to the people I represent are constantly overlooked.”

A county council response to Mr Henderson said: “I am advised the highways inspector noted carriageway sinking, however this was previously raised as a defect during an inspection in 2015.

“At the time of re-inspection on February 2, the defect still did not meet our criteria for urgent works.”