US EditionAt least two rescued following trench collapse at Yarmouth worksite
Rescue crews saved two workers after a trench collapse during sewer work; one worker died and the cause is under investigation, officials said.
- On Tuesday, a trench collapsed at a worksite at 152 South Shore Drive in South Yarmouth, leaving one worker dead and two others injured.
- During sewer excavation about 8:50 a.m., the trench near the Skipper Restaurant gave way, and officials say the cause of the collapse is under investigation.
- Rescuers hoisted a person from the trench around 1:15–1:20 p.m., placing them on a stretcher before airlifting one worker to Rhode Island Hospital by medical helicopter.
- Crews are working to recover a third person believed to be dead, while the Yarmouth Police Department asked local public to avoid the area as responders remain on scene.
- Specially trained rescue units from Barnstable County and Plymouth County joined surrounding-town fire departments, with local news outlets reporting the story as developing and unknown workers trapped as of 11 a.m.
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Massachusetts construction company previously fined $6,950 at site of fatal Cape Cod trench collapse
Authorities have identified the victim killed in a trench collapse while working on a Cape Cod town’s $207 million sewer project for a company that was fined after being cited by OSHA on the same project last year, according to federal records. Yarmouth officials have confirmed that Miguel Reis, 61, of Fall River, died Tuesday after a trench collapsed at a site in the mid-Cape town operated by Revoli Construction, a company fined $6,950 as part …
Officials identify Yarmouth trench collapse victim as Fall River man
YARMOUTH, Mass. (WLNE) — The Town of Yarmouth has identified the victim in the deadly trench collapse in Yarmouth on Nov. 18. According to the Town of Yarmouth, 61-year-old Miguel Reis, of Fall River, was killed after a trench collapsed at a sewer construction site. Firefighters responded to the construction site on South Shore Drive around 8:50 a.m. for reports of three people trapped in a trench. One person was able to escape prior to the fire…
Worker killed, 2 rescued after trench collapse at Yarmouth construction site
A worker was killed and two others were rescued after a trench collapse at a sewer construction site in Yarmouth Tuesday morning, according to the town’s fire department. The fire department was called to the construction site adjacent to Parker’s River Beach at 152 South Shore Drive around 8:50 a.m. Tuesday by a police officer working a detail. The initial report indicated several people were trapped in the trench, the department said in a stat…
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