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Colo. first responders rescue workers trapped in trench

South Metro Fire Rescue crews faced a technical rescue at a Centennial construction site

By Lauren Penington
The Denver Post

CENTENNIAL, Colo. — Two workers were rescued from a trench at a Centennial construction site Tuesday morning, according to South Metro Fire Rescue.

South Metro Fire Rescue crews responded to reports of people trapped in the trench along Cherry Creek Trail, near Parker Road and Broncos Parkway, around 7:27 a.m. Tuesday, the .

Paramedics took one person to the hospital with minor injuries, fire officials said. No details about the other trapped person were provided.

It’s not clear how the workers got trapped in the trench, but a rescue team was able to extract both people by 8:45 a.m., according to South Metro officials.

Rescue crews said the trench was 10 feet wide, five feet deep and 75 feet long. A shows heavy machinery surrounding and inside the trench, as well as ladders that rescue crews used to access the patients.

A posted by South Metro shows rescue team members pulling one of the workers out while strapped to a plastic backboard.

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