BURTON, Mich. (AP) — Police say a 33-year-old Flint-area man has died after being trapped underwater for about 20 minutes when a water main burst during construction work.
Flint-Area Worker Trapped Under Water in Trench Dies
11/27/2017
Burton Police Detective Don Schreiber tells The Flint Journal that 33-year-old Curtis Duane Hollingshead of Davisson died at a hospital Tuesday after the trench he was working in rapidly filled with water when a valve on a water main disconnected.
Police have said other workers were able to snag Hollingshead with a pole and pull him from the water. Medical personnel then were able to re-establish a pulse.
The Michigan Occupational Safety and Health Administration sent representatives to the scene.
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