Crime & Safety
Officials Rescue Man Who Fell In 8-Foot Mud Hole In Dix Hills
The 22-year-old was stuck waist-deep in the mud hole for over 2 hours while officers helped rescue him on Friday morning.
DIX HILLS, NY - Officials helped rescue a Bay Shore man who fell in a mud hole while working in Dix Hills on Friday morning, according to Suffolk Police.
Trevor Borders, 22, was digging on the side of the foundation of a house on Woodfern Court when he started to sink at 10:10 a.m.
Borders tried to free himself but fell waist-deep into the mud hole eight feet into the ground.
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He was conscious and alert the entire time.
First Responders used a pulley and harness system to pull Borders out at 12:40 p.m.
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Suffolk County Police Medical Crisis Action Team (MedCAT), Fourth Precinct officers along with the Dix Hills, Huntington Manor, and East Farmingdale Fire Departments assisted.
Borders was transported to Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center in West Islip for evaluation.
Photos courtesy of SCPD
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