5:33 p.m. (AP) — Crews have recovered the body of a worker killed in the collapse of a trench being dug to connect a sewer line to a house under construction in suburban Kansas City.
Forty-nine-year-old Brian D. Allen, of Windsor, was buried in dirt and clay when the trench — about 10 to 15 feet deep — collapsed Thursday afternoon in Lee’s Summit.
Lee’s Summit firefighters worked more than 24 hours before recovering Allen’s body Friday afternoon. The rescuers had reached the body overnight, but additional shoring had to be installed to keep the sides of the trench from collapsing again.
Police Sgt. Chris Depue says Allen and another man working with him were employed by a local plumbing company that was working for the builder.
9:45 a.m. Friday(AP) — Authorities have identified a worker who was killed in a trench collapse at a suburban Kansas City home that was under construction.
Lee’s Summit Police Sgt. Chris Depue said in a news release Friday that the victim is 49-year-old Brian D. Allen of Windsor. Emergency crews were called at 1:30 p.m. Thursday to the scene where a 75-foot trench had been dug from the street to the house so crews could connect a sewer line.
Depue says the earth shifted in the trench and collapsed on the worker, while a second worker at the top of the trench was not harmed.
Rescue crews tried frantically to dig the victim out before the trench began to collapse again and they shifted to recovery mode.
Authorities didn’t immediately release the company involved.
6 p.m. Thursday A worker who was connecting a sewer line to a Lee’s Summit home under construction is dead after the trench he was in collapsed and trapped him inside.
Lee’s Summit Police Sgt. Chris Depue says emergency crews were called at 1:30 p.m. Thursday to the scene where a 75-foot trench had been dug from the street to the house.
Rescue crews tried frantically to dig the victim out before the trench began to collapse again and they shifted to recovery mode.
Depue says the man’s body is not expected to be pulled out until late Thursday night. His name has not been released.