Crews Finally Recover Body From Collapsed Trench In Grosse Pointe Woods
The body of Leland Rumph was removed from the trench two days after he was killed while digging a sewer line.
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The body of Leland Rumph was removed from the trench two days after he was killed while digging a sewer line.
Crews in Grosse Pointe Woods were still working to recover the body of a construction company owner a day after he was buried in a trench collapse.
Leland Rumph was digging a 20-foot deep sewer line for a new home when the earth around him collapsed.
It happened around noon while the man working on digging a sewer line.
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