OCONEE COUNTY, S.C. (WSPA)-- A South Carolina woman passed away Sunday after falling through the floor of a century-old Oconee County house into a well that had been hidden from sight below the home.
The Oconee County Coroner's Office said 83-year-old Dorothy Louise Downey was helping her child relocation from a home on Park Avenue near
Salem when she stepped onto a weakened area of floor in the cooking area of the home around 2 p.m.
Downey fell through the flooring and down a 48-foot well shaft the family didn't know existed, according to Karl Addis, the Oconee County coroner.
Downey was eventually pulled from the well nearly 4 hours later on by the
Salem Fire Department and Oconee Emergency Services workers.
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"This home, according to home records, appears to have actually been constructed in 1920," Addis said.
Both Addis and Emergency Services Director Scott Krein said they had never ever heard of a comparable case in Oconee County, specifically including a well that the individual didn't understand existed listed below your house.
Krein stated it was common around the time the home was built to have a well set up in the kitchen. He encouraged anyone who notices a soft area in the cooking area to have actually a professional come out to fix it.
"Even a fall of four feet through the flooring can do harm to somebody," Krein said.
Addis stated that Downey died from blunt force injury; her death was ruled unexpected.
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