Coroner Identifies Worker In Trench Death
STUDIO CITY (CBS) — A man who died while working on a trench when it collapsed on him was identified Wednesday as a 33-year-old Los Angeles resident.
Javier Bautista-Cruz was working in a trench about 8 feet deep and 2 feet wide at 3931 N. Oeste Ave. in Studio City when it collapsed, burying him up to his neck around 2:50 p.m. Tuesday.
The man, who was declared dead at 3:10 p.m., had been working with the same company for 10 years, said Brian Humphrey of the Los Angeles Fire Department.
No other construction workers at the site, near Mulholland Drive and Coldwater Canyon Avenue, saw the collapse happen. Rescue crews used a vacuum to remove the soil on top of him, but it was too late.
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