SPANISH FORK, Utah — Crews were able to rescue a construction worker who had been buried waist-deep after a trench collapse Tuesday in Spanish Fork.
Officials reported the call came in just before 10 a.m. that the 8x6-foot trench had collapsed in the area of 810 East 1950 North.
The man had reportedly entered the trench when the sides slid away and caved in on him. After the collapse, the worker was alert and talking with rescue crews as they attempted to extricate him from the debris, but said he was in severe pain.
After two hours in which crews were able to construct a safe trench box, the worker was extricated and loaded into an Intermountain Life Flight helicopter and airlifted to the hospital in stable condition.
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