In the photos at the top and below, firefighters can be seen removing equipment once the rescue was complete. He was taken by Area Ambulance to a local hospital for treatment of injuries to his lower body. The unnamed man was conscious throughout the rescue. The Cedar Rapids Fire Department estimates the hole was 8 to 10 feet in size. They found a man had been repairing utility lines to a business close by when a portion of the trench he was in collapsed, burying him from the waist down.Įmergency personnel were able to use special tools to both prevent further collapse and allow themselves to get into the hole and execute the rescue.
Officers from the Cedar Rapids Police Department and specially-trained rescue teams from the Cedar Rapids Fire Department were dispatched to the scene.
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