Worker killed, 2 others injured during separate trench collapses in SE Michigan

A man has died and two other men have been injured in three separate trench collapse incidents at construction sites in Southeast Michigan this week.

On Wednesday around 2:30 p.m., the Livingston County Sheriff’s Office says it responded to a commercial site in Handy Township near Grand River Avenue and Nicholson Road.

Watch Jolie Sherman’s video report below:

Worker killed, 2 others injured during 3 separate trench collapses in Southeast Michigan

Investigators say employees were placing underground tanks in a trench. The trench collapsed while a 23-year-old man was working, trapping him. Deputies and workers pulled the man from the trench and tried saving his life. He was pronounced dead at the scene…

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