A German man survived a 25ft plunge down a lift shaft when he landed on a woman who had fallen down it a day before.

Jens Wilhelms, 27, was unhurt after landing on the 57-year-old woman and managed to free himself from the shaft at the apartment block in Frankfurt am Main where he lived.

He called out rescue services who took the woman to hospital. Doctors said she is in a critical condition after sustaining injuries in her original fall - and then again when Wilhelms landed on her.

A police spokesman said: "The woman had been lying unconscious in the shaft for some time already. Rescue workers said that without Wilhelm's plunge the woman would have died from internal bleeding.

"It sounds really bizarre," one rescue worker said afterwards, "When Wilhelms fell down on her his weight caused additional damage to her body, but without that she could have laid there for days."

Wilhelms said he had slipped as he walked past the lift shaft which had been left open as it was undergoing repairs. "I took a closer look inside the shaft as it was pitch black, and must have slipped off the edge somehow."
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Wow, one of the few times it's ever a good thing to land on someone.

Wow, thats pretty crazy.

sounds like they need a "dont look down in the hole" sign of some sorts

What a weird story..

Next thing you know people will keep falling down holes and landing on someone who has landed on someone who has landed on someone....and forever it goes on.

Doctors said she is in a critical condition after sustaining injuries in her original fall - and then again when Wilhelms landed on her.

OUCH! It never did say how much he weighed but the pain was enough to bring her from unconscious.