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Video: Firefighters Rescue Construction Worker Buried 15 Feet Underground

June 07, 2017, 7:43 AM

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It was a nightmare scenario for a construction worker. 

The worker in Warren was buried alive Tuesday 15 feet underground after a trench collapsed around him, Fox 2's Randy Wimbley reports.

Around 9 p.m., after two hours, Warren firefighters were able to liberate him from the hole.  

He is in critical condition at Royal Oak Beaumont.

"Obviously we are talking about crush injuries and we were able to deliver high flow (oxygen), fluids, IV fluids and pain meds," Warren Fire Commissioner Wilbert McAdams tells Fox 2. "His extremities were buried by the compacting dirt. We do not know the extent of his injuries.

"He was conscious and able to talk us to, although he was very weak, very disoriented, but he is alive.


Read more:  Fox 2


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