Sam’s search for phone ends with Eva falling down stairs

Sam Blakeman caused Eva Price to fall down the cellar stairs at the Rovers Return while searching for his missing phone in the September 24 episode of Coronation Street. The scene leaves Eva unconscious and unable to get help immediately, while the accounts differ on whether Sam deliberately pushed her or knocked her over in a panic. Eva had been working while unwell and closed the pub after being left without help for the evening. Sam returned after closing to look for the phone, which his father, Nick Tilsley, had confiscated. When Eva encountered him, Sam panicked and she fell down the cellar stairs. He left the pub without telling anyone what had happened. In the September 25 episode, Glenda Shuttleworth finds Eva unconscious and calls emergency services. Eva later regains consciousness and tells Glenda that she was pushed, according to the episode recap. A paramedic says more will be known after Eva is assessed at hospital. Her condition and recovery remain unresolved, and the available accounts do not establish whether she will leave the show. The descriptions of the fall vary.