Sewer upgrade. This is on oak street near divisadero right drones are bar and the gas station there. Our kron fours rob nesbitt was there when the fatality was announced and joins us now live from the scene with details. Rob. Grant and vicki, my first arrived on scene. There a search and rescue effort across the street with a trench is located at that dirt pile on the other side of this traffic. There were cables boards. They even had a giant vacuum to try to remove dirt from the top of the manic canines were used at that ranch as well. Eventually crowds gathered along the sidewalk, found out that the man did not survive. Around 50 rescuers first arrived to oak street in San Francisco around 10, 30 thursday morning frantically trying to save a man trapped 8 to 10 feet underground. Several residents in the area like audrey grooms waiting and watching behind the caution tape risk. You have person is good. It took about 2 hours before the mans body was found. It was announced that he did
Its a very high powered vacuum thats able to facilitate removing debris quicker than if we had to do it by hand. They also used plywood to disperse weight and ensure the sides of the area within a confined space. Rescuers were working by noon with the help of paramedic and cassie, a human search and rescue detection canine. It became clear it would be a recovery mission. This person was trapped under a lot of weight with no oxygen for over two hours. Public works spokesperson Rachel Gordon says the project was a San Francisco Public Utilities commission sewer upgrade project being managed by San Francisco public works. The individual trapped was a private contractor. She did not know the name of the contracting company. Well be here as long as we have to be here. We want to make sure that we know exactly what happened. We want to make sure that Something Like this doesnt happen again. We never want a construct, an accident. Safety is our number one priority. The medical examiner arrive
Tell us . Yeah, frank garcia, were starting out looking directly at the scene right now because this seems to be a Pivotal Point in this operation. Up until about a minute and a half ago, there was the rumble of the vacuum truck that was run thing. Since we certainly arrived on scene in the last minute and a half or so, that has stopped. Weve seen firefighters take a step away from that trench and create kind of a wall around it. So lets tell you what we know so far about this situation. What weve heard is that sometime before 1045 this morning, there was a utility worker here close to the intersection of divisadero and oak. Actually right out in front of 1101 oak street in San Francisco. Again, thats one of the major east west roads through town at that time, the trench collapsed on a utility worker who was in that area. Firefighters tell me that they received multiple 911 phone calls and arrived here on scene. They have been working steadily ever since, trying to remove that entrappe
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