Two Dead After Trench Collapse

June 30, 2022

Two people are dead after a trench collapsed in Jarrell, Texas.

Fire crews from Round Rock, Georgetown, Austin, Temple, and Salado fire departments had been working to recover the two men, according to a report by KSFA 860AM.

The station cited KWTX in saying crews were called after a trench collapsed at a construction site trapping 2 people about 20 feet down. The two men were digging a sewer line at the site of a new home development when the accident occurred.

KXAN reports that the Jarrell Fire Department says the accident happened at a construction site near the Interstate 35 frontage road around exit 27.

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Source: KSFA

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