Crime & Safety
Worker Killed In Trench Cave-In At Mamaroneck Construction Site
Firefighters and the DPW had called in a vacuum truck to help try to free the worker who was buried at the Shore Acres Drive work site.
MAMARONECK, NY — A worker was killed in an accident involving a collapsed trench at a Mamaroneck work site on Monday.
What started as an emergency rescue effort became an effort to recover a body this afternoon, according to multiple sources.
The identity of the worker who was killed has not yet been released.
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Police, fire and the Department of Public Works responded to the accident, which occurred shortly after 12 p.m. on Tuesday. Emergency crews at the scene had requested a vacuum truck to help extract the worker from the cave-in. Mamaroneck police escorted the specialized equipment to the scene in an effort to free the trapped worker as quickly as possible.
It appears those efforts were not enough to save the accident victim.
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In addition to Mamaroneck rescue crew, the New Rochelle Fire Department has confirmed that it also responded to the accident.
This is a developing story. Details will be updated here as more information is released.
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