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Construction Worker Dies in Orange When Swimming Pool Hole Collapses
Firefighters have recovered the body of a construction worker who died when a wall of dirt collapsed and buried him while he was excavating a backyard swimming pool site in the City of Orange, California.
Sgt. Dennis Breckner of the Orange County Sheriff’s Department identified the victim as Luciano Gonzalez Munoz. Breckner told The Epoch Times that Munoz, 45, was a resident of Puebla, Mexico.
Munoz was part of a construction team digging the hole on Dec. 19 when a wall of soil piled on top of the hole collapsed on top of him around 10:52 a.m., covering him up to his neck and rendering him immobile. A second wall collapsed into the hole soon after, burying him and causing his death.