MI Construction Worker Killed In Trench Collapse: Sheriff

HANDY TOWNSHIP, MI — A 23-year-old construction worker died Wednesday after a trench collapsed on him in Livingston County, according to sheriff's officials.

The incident happened at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday at a construction site near Grand River Avenue and Nicholson Road in Handy Township, officials said.

The workers were installing underground tanks at the site when the trench collapsed, trapping the 23-year-old worker inside, officials said.

Rescue crews and other workers were able to free the man, but he died at the scene despite life-saving measures, officials said.

Officials did not identify the man or the company involved.

MIOSHA is investigating the incident.

The incident comes after two other trench collapses in neighboring Oakland County left two workers injured.