UPDATE: Man killed in wall collapse at Hajoca identified
UPDATE: A man who died Wednesday morning after a retaining wall collapsed on a construction crew at the Hajoca parking lot in Hendersonville has been identified.
The individual who succumbed to his injuries at the scene has been identified as 37-year-old Marcelino Godofredo Rendon Hernandez, according to city of Hendersonville Communications Manager Allison Justus.
Hernandez was one of a five-man masonry crew with Robert Crawford Masonry working on the wall when it collapsed.
When first responders arrived, they found at least four of the men trapped under the wall. One crew member, who escaped on his own with minor injuries, told emergency personnel there were four crew members working with him.
The city of Hendersonville identified the worker who was killed Wednesday in a retaining wall collapse as 37-year-old Marcelino Godofredo Rendon Hernandez.
Emergency services personnel were dispatched to the wall collapse with entrapment in the Hajoca parking lot at 1027 Spartanburg Highway at 9:30 a.m. When first responders arrived, they encountered a retaining wall that had fallen and trapped construction crew members underneath.
First responders determined there were five contracted masonry crew members with Robert Crawford Masonry in the area of the wall collapse. One crew member, who escaped the collapse with minor injuries, relayed information that four additional crew members were working with him. Emergency services personnel conducted rescue efforts to extricate three men, followed by recovery efforts to retrieve the man who died when the wall collapsed.