Update – 11:30 a.m. – A painter suffered serious, possibly life life-threatening injuries after falling about 30 feet in an elevator shaft in a private residence in Potomac Tuesday morning, according to fire department spokesman Pete Piringer.
Piringer said in a phone call that the approximately 30-year-old man fell down the elevator shaft while working on the home, which is being renovated. The incident happened around 9:30 a.m. Tuesday in the 9200 block of Cranford Drive. Piringer said the person was transported to a hospital with serious, traumatic injuries, although he said medics believe the worker will survive.
Update – 9209 Cranford Dr, Potomac, hse being renovated, painter fell approx 30' down elevator shaft w/ serious inj pic.twitter.com/6whxgzc6jo
— Pete Piringer (@mcfrsPIO) October 20, 2015
