PHOENIX (AP) - Technical rescue crews were trying to recover the bodies of two construction workers after a trench collapse at a west Phoenix housing site Thursday afternoon, authorities said.
Phoenix Fire Department Capt. Rob McDade said the two workers were buried in a trench at a housing site while they were trying to connect a sewer line to a new home build.
Authorities say the men were both 35 years old, but their names weren’t immediately released.
The families of the men were at the scene and technical rescue teams hoped to recover the two bodies from the 8-foot deep trench by sometime Thursday night.
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration and other agencies were at the scene and expected to investigate the incident.
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