Fla. driver plunges into ravine, vanishes down 20-foot hole

A driver who plunged down an embankment was found in a hole 15 to 20 feet deep in Florida, according to police.

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The accident happened in Chattahoochee, Florida, which is about 15 miles from the Georgia/Florida border.

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Firefighters and EMTs were dispatched to Bonnie Hill Road around 11 p.m. They found a wrecked truck in the ravine, but couldn’t find the driver.

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A neighbor who was nearby heard a man calling out from a wooded area. Firefighters and EMS workers found him in the deep hole. The driver, who hasn’t been identified, had minor injuries.

EMTs and firefighters had to insert a ladder into the whole to get the man out.

It’s unclear who dug the hole and why it was there.