Wednesday, July 1, 2015

1 worker killed after trench collapse in Lakeville, Minn.



 
JUNE 30, 2015

LAKEVILLE, Minn. (KMSP) - 


Authorities confirmed that one person is dead after the trench he was working in collapsed Tuesday afternoon in Lakeville, Minn.

According to police, the call came in around 3:45 p.m. of a collapse at a residential construction site near 179th and Hyde Park Ave.  When crews arrived, they found the male deceased in the trench around 7 feet deep. 

The brother of the deceased middle-aged male happened to be the person operating the backhoe at the time of the incident.

A recovery operation is still underway. We have a crew on scene and will update this story as more information becomes available.