Police: Man fell down Archbald Pothole trying to pick up litter

A man in his 60s was OK Tuesday after falling roughly half-way down the 38-foot-deep hole

ARCHBALD, Pa. — A man in his 60s tumbled down deep hole a Lackawanna County state park Tuesday while trying to pick up some litter, Archbald Police Chief Tim Trently said.

The man, who wasn’t identified, suffered a back back injury but was otherwise OK after falling down just after noon at Archbald Pothole State Park.

The pothole is a 38-foot-deep hole carved out by glaciers 15,000 years ago. The man fell down about half-way after leaning over the fence to pick up litter, the police chief said.

First responders from across Lackawanna County spent roughly an 1½ hours using ropes to get him out of the hole and into a hospital.