2 workers killed after construction trench collapses in St. Paul; 1 body recovered

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Two employees had been killed Friday afternoon when a building trench collapsed in St. Paul. Hours after the deadly incident, crews are nonetheless working into the evening to get well one of many our bodies. 

The St. Paul Fireplace Division says the collapse occurred round 3 p.m. in a building zone on the 700 block of Mount Curve Boulevard, close to the Mississippi River within the Highland Park neighborhood. 

Whereas fireplace crews responded shortly to the scene, it was too late to safe the ditch and save the employees who’d been buried underground.

“We really feel horrible for the victims when something like this occurs,” stated Assistant Fireplace Chief Matt Simpson. “We prepare for this each single day … Sadly, time was not on our facet to make that distinction at this time.”   

Lahens St. Fleur watched as dozens of first-responders flooded the road close to his house. He and others had been heartbroken for the employees and their households.

“I am simply very, very unhappy that this occurred,” he stated. “My coronary heart actually goes out to these folks.” 

Fireplace officers say crews will work by means of the evening till the second physique has been recovered. The names of the 2 employees have but to be launched.