WILKES-BARRE — A woman says she was gardening in the backyard of her Pennsylvania home when she struck the ground with a pitchfork and fell into a 50-foot-deep hole that abruptly opened up at her feet.

Rhonda Martini says her feet were dangling inside the crater Sunday afternoon in Wilkes-Barre as she held herself up using her elbows and screamed for help. Martini called 911 after her daughter helped her escape.

Martini suffered bruises. State officials say they haven’t determined whether the hole was due to mine subsidence.