A man is expected to survive after he fell into an excavation site while installing a new water tank in Lewisville.
The Lewisville Fire Department responded to a call around 4:45 p.m. reporting a contract worker had fallen about 30-40 feet into a hole where a new water tank was being installed in the 600 block of Holfords Prairie in Lewisville.
According to officials, the man suffered injuries to an arm and a leg, but he remained conscious and is expected to survive.
Crews with Lewisville FD performed a rope rescue to hoist the man out of the hole.
Firefighter-paramedics with the crew were lowered into the hole, where they assessed the man and stabilized him before hoisting him back to the surface.
Once back at the surface, he was transported via medical helicopter to a local hospital as a precaution.
“From technical rigging and mechanical hauling to advanced paramedic and flight coordination, every piece of today’s operation relied on continuous muscle memory,” said Lewisville PD in a post to social media. “Operations like this test every level of technical discipline. We train relentlessly in the heat so that when seconds count, the execution is second nature.”
