Child falls into shaft from fifth floor in Kutaisi

An extraordinary event happened in Kutaisi on Saturday night: a three-year boy fell into the elevator shaft from the fifth floor of a building. The child survived, he has several fractured ribs, but his life is out of danger now.

According to the Georgia Online news agency, the boy was coming back home from visiting with his parents when he tried to open the elevator doors on the fifth floor with his arms. The doors parted to the sides, the child lost his balance and fell into the empty shaft, the parents did not have time to catch him.