Article content

Marcia Provenzano was out for one of her early-morning walks last month when she tripped over an extension cord running across a sidewalk to a van parked on the street.

The fall left her with two black eyes, an array of bruises and four stitches in her forehead.

We apologize, but this video has failed to load.

tap here to see other videos from our team. Try refreshing your browser, or Saskatoon woman calls for cords running across sidewalks to be marked Back to video

The 66-year-old retiree said she’s usually good at dodging the ubiquitous cords keeping vehicles warm in the depths of winter, but a combination of pre-dawn gloom, poor lighting and fresh snow tripped her up.

“It was a bad one. I managed to catch both feet, and down I went. It was very, very quick. There was a bare patch on the sidewalk and that’s what I happened to bang my head on,” Provenzano said of the Jan. 19 incident on Spinks Drive, in College Park.

Now, she’s asking city council to amend the bylaw governing electrical equipment to require homeowners to mark extension cords across sidewalks. Even a flag or piece of surveyor’s tape could prevent falls, she said.