Lauren Penington
The Denver Post
(TNS)
Two workers were rescued from a trench at a Centennial construction site Tuesday morning, according to South Metro Fire Rescue.
South Metro Fire Rescue crews responded to reports of people trapped in the trench along Cherry Creek Trail, near Parker Road and Broncos Parkway, around 7:27 a.m. Tuesday, the fire department said.
Paramedics took one person to the hospital with minor injuries, fire officials said. No details about the other trapped person were provided.
It’s not clear how the workers got trapped in the trench, but a rescue team was able to extract both people by 8:45 a.m., according to South Metro officials.
Rescue crews said the trench was 10 feet wide, five feet deep and 75 feet long. A photo posted by the fire department shows heavy machinery surrounding and inside the trench, as well as ladders that rescue crews used to access the patients.
A follow-up video posted by South Metro shows rescue team members pulling one of the workers out while strapped to a plastic backboard.
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