Amazon delivery driver falls down 12-foot hole after stepping out of van in California

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5. It sure is.

I was curious as to whether he fell 1 foot or 11 feet.

If he hit an unmoving grate at 10 feet down, that doesn't seem much better than hitting the bottom of the 12 foot deep hole. Perhaps the grate started out higher up and was pushed lower by the impact of the driver, in which case I could see how it might effectively break his fall.