Long Island cemetery worker buried alive, dies inside open grave
As the cascading dirt filled the grave, his co-workers at Washington Memorial Park in Mount Sinai tried frantically but unsuccessfully to dig him out.
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A Long Island cemetery worker died at the bottom of an empty grave Thursday in a freak accident, Suffolk County Police said. [ Photo illustration by ASHLEY DYE and LUIS SANTANA | Times ]
By Larry McShane New York Daily News (TNS)
Published Feb. 25
Updated Feb. 25
A Long Island cemetery worker died at the bottom of an empty grave Thursday in a freak accident, Suffolk County Police said.
Rodwin Allicock, 42, of Coram, was on the job around 8:30 a.m. when the seven-foot deep grave collapsed as he worked inside the excavation, according to police.