Watch CBS News

Police Rescue Fort Worth Man From 7-Foot Hole

Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter

FORT WORTH (CBSDFW.COM) - He went to buy a lottery ticket but luck was not on his side.

Before he got to his neighborhood store Monday evening, a 67-year-old man fell in an open construction hole.

His family got worried when he didn't come home and when police came to investigate from the air and on the ground they found him in the bottom of a deep hole lying in cold water.

An officer jumped in the hole to help the man and called for more help.

They got him out and he was okay!

(©2016 CBS Local Media, a division of CBS Radio Inc. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.)

View CBS News In
CBS News App Open
Chrome Safari Continue
Be the first to know
Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting.