Construction worker dies after falling into pit: Texas cops

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Firefighters are working to find a construction worker who died in a collapsed pit, officials said.

Spring fire department

The builder died when he fell into a pit at workand Texas authorities called the incident a “tragic” industrial accident.

On the morning of Wednesday, Oct. 5, the Spring Fire Department’s rescue team and other first responders were called to the warehouse construction site, according to a Facebook post from the department.

The rescuers tried to secure a collapsed pit so they could find the worker’s body as of 1 p.m., officials said.

The Harris County Sheriff’s Office 4 said the man was found in a trench, without an answer when the deputies arrived, KTRK reports. He was 20 years old.

No other injuries were reported.

Caitlin Alanis is a reporter for McClatchy National Real-Time who lives in Kansas. She is a graduate of Kansas State University with a degree in Agricultural Communications and Journalism.