(IMLAY CITY) – An accidental trench collapse in Lapeer County has claimed the life of a construction worker.
According to reports, the worker died instantly, on the scene of a development at the Imlay Place Condos in Imlay City. The Imlay City Fire Department and police responded around 1 p.m. at the site located on Almont Avenue north of Newark Road.
Fire crews removed the worker around 1:15 p.m. and he was pronounced dead at the scene. Investigators say an excavator was working in the area when the accident occurred, but have have not said what the worker was doing when the soil caved in on him.
The man was not identified while police notified his family about the accident.
Authorities say the man was a local contractor who lived in the Imlay City area.
