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Worker killed when drainage ditch collapses in Jackson County
A 43-year-old construction worker died Dec. 18 when a drainage ditch collapsed and covered him with dirt, Jackson County Deputy Coroner Dean Stringer said Tuesday.
The man’s name has not been released while efforts are being made to notify his next-of-kin in Guatemala, Stringer said.
The death occurred about noon along Morris Creek Drive in Hoschton, where a drainage ditch was under construction in a subdivision, according to Stringer.
“They told him to get out and before he could, it caved in on him,” Stringer said. Co-workers dug him out, but when medics arrived on scene, he was pronounced dead. The man had worked for the company just over three years, Stringer said.