Crime & Safety
Workers Rescued After Trench Collapse
Two men were rescued from a trench collapse along a Bethesda building after one worker was able to extricate himself without help.
Updated at 4:32 p.m.
BETHESDA-CHEVY CHASE, MD — Two workers on Tuesday were rescued by first responders from a collapsed trench along a building in Bethesda.
Three men had become trapped in the trench, although one man was able to self-extricate. The two others were assisted by response teams that worked in coordination with the Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service.
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The two men rescued by officials were taken to trauma centers for non-life-threatening injuries, according to MCFRS spokesperson Pete Piringer.
Piringer previously said that one of the men was buried up to his waist, while a second man was buried up to his head.
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An officer told Bethesda Today the men had been trying to pinpoint a leak at the building, and that when "they were trying to climb out, the right side of the wall collapsed."
Authorities were first alerted to the scene on the 8100 block of Kentbury Drive, near Newdale Road, for a technical rescue around noon.
Fox 5 reported that the narrow trench was roughly 10 to 12 feet deep.
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