Man falls through pit in auto repair shop in Kentucky

Aug. 14, 2013
Man lands six and a half feet below pit surface.

A customer at an auto repair shop fell through a small opening in the net covering the pit, and landed about six-and-a-half feet below, according to WKYT in Lexington, Ky. A former Mercer County volunteer firefighter sprang into action. The firefighter noted the man's neck was laying off the concrete as he tried to stablize the man's neck. Read about the accident.

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