Update: Whitley man still hospitalized after falling through roof
A Whitley County man who fell through a roof Friday morning remains at the University of Kentucky Medical Center.
The individual, identified as 23-year-old Jesse Storms, was airlifted to UK after crashing through the roof and striking the concrete floor at the old American Greeting Card building.
Storms was part of a crew working on the roof at the facility which houses the warehouse of trollandtoad.com, and online gaming store.
West Knox firefighters and Ambulance Inc. of Laurel County responded to the scene in southern Laurel County at approximately 10:45 a.m.
Initial reports indicated that Storms was unresponsive.
Firefighters said he was conscious and talking as he was stabilized for transport.
He was taken by ambulance to the front parking lot of the facility where a Phi Air Medical helicopter was landed.