US teen survives 3,000ft skydiving plunge

A 16-year-old girl has amazed doctors by surviving a fall of more than 3,000 feet in a horrific skydiving accident.

Trauma surgeon Dr Jeffrey Bender said Makenzie Wethington hurt her liver, broke her pelvis, lumbar spine in her lower back, a shoulder blade and several ribs and a tooth in Saturday’s fall in Chickasha, Oklahoma.