Short time ago. Youre looking at live pictures, again, looking down tremont street. You can see boston police, e. M. S. , fire apparatus, all here on the scene. Again, city officials confirms that two private construction workers were trapped in a trench and killed this afternoon over on dartmouth street. Right now, efforts being made to drain the water out of that trench so that the bodies of those two construction workers can be recovered. Reporting live from the south okay. Bob. As bob just showed us, viewers sending us video of the coverage all afternoon. Mark ockerbloom continues our coverage. It paints a picture of the desperation the workers had to help those workers. It does. In a very busy part of the city on a friday, especially. Dozens of people who helped to try and help the victims. This is the area of what it this is dartmouth and up here tremont street, thats the intersection right here. What you have right here, the fire hydrant. This played an active role because at on
Point, this is a recovery effort, not a rescue for those trapped workers. These two peoples families and everyones families, just a tough situation. Construction is a dangerous job, and you know, its just a tough situation, the water and sewer are working really hard right now to get these people out. I heard the officers screaming on the air very quickly, to get fire, to get everyone down h realized very quickly, we had workers trapped in the hole. The reporter so as you can see, a very heartbreaking day here in the south end. Behind me, out here on dartmouth street, whats taking place is that the workers here are trying to drain out that hole, theyre trying to get water out, theyre trying to shore up the size of that trench to make it safe so that the bodies of the two workers can be recovered. Very, very sad day here if the guys . Mark thanks, bob. Bob, what are you hearing about the investigation on the scene there . The reporter well, the investigation, Boston Police have sent the
Workers were trapped in a trench, 12 feet below the ground, when the walls suddenly collapsed on top of them. Efforts to reach the two men futile and quickly turned from a rescue effort to a recovery one. My thoughts and prayers are with these two peoples families, and everyones families, just a tough situation. Construction is a dangerous job, and you know, its just a tough situation, the Fire Department and water and sewer are working really hard right now to get the reporter the two construction workers work for a Company Called Atlantic Drain Services. Fox 25 news reached out to the company and we were told both men were good workers and most importantly, great family men. This is a very sad day here in south end. Report live, bob ward, fox 25 news. Unfolding on dartmouth street when crews realized those men were trapped. Take a look, you can see at least one person on his hands and knees, desperately reaching in to the trench as water was flowing all around him. Fox 25s Jacqui Hei
Including twitter, netflix and viesa. Again, their servers are back up and rung. No word yet on the instigator of this attack. Christa also breaking at noon the man police say the behind an alarming assault up in lawrence is ordered held without bail. The suspect accused of kidnapping and raping a 13yearold while she was walking to school. Police say this girl was held for more than two hours before he finally let her go. Live now in lawrence with the very latest on this story. Vicky . Reporter this man was just arraigned here at Lawrence District Court on these very serious charges. Charges that include kidnapping, rape of a child. He was ordered held without bail. All of this stemming from an incident yesterday where he is accused of attacking this young girl as she was walking to school. A Strong Police presence outside a lawrence middle school, trying to ease details emerge of a child kidnapped and raped. The victim reports having been forcibly dragged from the street into a second
Hole before the Fire Fighters and rescue can go dunn and bring up two bodies. Its sad. Construction is a dangerous field. I think deaths per cap tat most in construction in the industry certainly weve had a tough week here in boston. We had two Police Officers that were shot last week, we had a twoyearold little girl shot. We have some workers here today. It just shows you life is precious. Nc now. No one can tell us why but we can see them moving in carefully to bring in some sturdy wall to put down that the trench. The main thought is that they want to be careful to make sure there is no further danger to any of the workers going into try to recover the bodies of two construction workers on a private project here in boston who lost their life when a watermain burst and water came gushing into the trench they were working on. Live in south boston, dan hausle suspects accused of blowing up a newspaper box in salem facing a judge today. Police say two New Hampshire men put explosives in