Emmerdale fans couldn't help but spot a problem as David Metcalfe appears to be heading out of the village once more. During Tuesday night's edition of the ITV soap (August 2), viewers watched as the shop owner received a worrying phone call.
They saw the character head off to inform Leyla Cavanagh that her sister Alicia Gallagher, who was played by Natalie Anderson, had suffered a nasty accident in Portugal.
David said his ex injured herself while taking a selfie, ended up in hospital and that he was jetting off to help her. "She’s broken her leg, her collarbone and she’s got a load of thorns in her backside,’ he told a disinterested and distracted Leyla amid the arrival of her drug dealer.
Explaining the circumstances of the accident, David said Alicia was "Taking a selfie on a cliff edge. She stepped back to get a better shot and then she’s fallen.
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