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Woman dies after falling 48 feet through floor of home into hidden well shaft

SALEM, S.C. (WHNS/Gray News) - Police say a woman died after she fell down a well shaft under the floor of a 100-year-old home in South Carolina.

Deputies say 83-year-old Dorothy Louise Downey arrived at a house located on Park Avenue Sunday to visit and assist her daughter in moving.

As she was walking in the kitchen, Downey stepped onto the weakened floor and fell through into a well shaft.

Downey’s daughter crawled under the house to try and locate her mother, but she could not find her, deputies said.

According to Oconee County property records, the house was originally built in 1920.

Deputies say the family knew the floor was rotten, but it’s unknown if the family knew about the well shaft.

The Salem Fire Department and Oconee Emergency Services extricated the woman from the well at around 5:45 p.m. »

The Game Awards 2023 Security Will Be Ramped Up To Avoid Last Year’s Incident

Authored by gameinfinitus.com

The event security at The Game Awards 2023 is being ramped up in order to avoid the unforeseen incident from last year’s show.

During a live Q&A session, The Game Awards producer and host Geoff Keighley was asked whether he is taking more security measures for the 2023 event in order to prevent stage crashers.

Keighley responded by saying that he didn’t want to discuss this matter much publicly because it concerns security. »

Lancing vandal paints penis around Brighton Road pothole

Authored by theargus.co.uk

The pothole in Brighton Road, Lancing, has been highlighted with yellow spray paint around it in the shape of a penis.

West Sussex County Council said reports of graffiti on Brighton Road, Lancing, need to be made to Adur and Worthing Council as the authority responsible for cleaning.

Some of the worst potholes were filled by engineers from East Sussex County Council the following morning. »

Before dying, she made a fund to cancel others' medical debt — nearly $70M worth

Authored by npr.org

Before dying, she made a fund to cancel others' medical debt — nearly $70M worth.

They set up a fund with the nonprofit group RIP Medical Debt, which buys up debt for millions of dollars at a time at a fraction of the original cost.

The group says that for every dollar it recieves in donations, it can relieve about $100 of medical debt. »

All 41 Indian workers freed from collapsed tunnel after 17 days trapped

Authored by abc.net.au

Key points: The 41 workers had been trapped since November 12 when a tunnel under construction collapsed.

The 41 workers had been trapped since November 12 when a tunnel under construction collapsed The operation to rescue them was hit by repeated setbacks.

One of the rescuers, Devender, who only gave his first name, told the New Delhi Television channel that "the trapped workers were overjoyed when they spotted us in the tunnel. »