Worker rescued in New City after trench collapse
Photo credit: Sarah Armaghan | A worker who was trapped while digging a trench at a New City house is pictured after being rescued. (Nov. 22, 2012)
Worker trapped in New City trench cave-in
Emergency workers rescued a man who was trapped in a trench for two hours Friday when it collapsed and nearly buried him alive as he tried to repair a water leak at a New City house.
The unidentified worker was pulled from the six-foot-deep death trap around 3:30 p.m. after Rockland rescue workers cleared away dirt and maneuvered him past boulders that pressed against his chest, nearly suffocating...
