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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT
Wednesday, June 6, 2018 Blair Skinner, PIO
(443) 690-4396 (Cell)
(410) 396-5616 (Office)
blair.adams2@baltimorecity.gov
MEDIA ADVISORY
19-Year-Old
Construction Worker Who Died in Trench Collapse Identified
Wednesday, June 6, 2018 – (Baltimore, MD) – On Tuesday, June 5, members from the Baltimore City
Fire Department Special Operations Command unit made hours-long efforts to
rescue a 19-year-old construction worker that was trapped at the sight of a
more than 15-foot deep trench in the 2000 block of Sinclair Lane in Northeast
Baltimore.
When the fire
department arrived on the scene at about 3:30 p.m., construction workers were
attempting to dig their colleague out of the collapse.
“From what we were told by the other construction workers, the 19-year-old was
inside of the hole working on a sewage line when dirt and debris fell on top of
him,” said Chief Niles R. Ford.
The trench rescue took
nearly 12 hours to conclude. Prior to sending members inside the hole to start recovery
efforts, the Special Operations Command unit built a protective barrier to
secure the area and set up parameters.
Shortly after 1:30 a.m.
on Wednesday, June 6 the construction worker was recovered and rescue
operations ceased.
The 19-year-old has been identified as Kyle Hancock of Glen Burnie. The
construction company that was onsite was R.F. Warder Inc.
**Media Briefing at 1:00
p.m. at Fire Headquarters | 401 E. Fayette Street**
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