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Worker Dies After Being Trapped In Trench

LAKEWOOD, Colo. (CBS4/AP)- A man has died after he became buried in a trench. It happened at the Solterra development near C-470 and Alameda in Lakewood.

Police said two men were digging a foundation when an 8-foot berm collapsed, burying both of them. Workers were trying to dig out the buried man when firefighters arrived.

One man died the other was rushed to the hospital with minor injuries. The man who died was described as a Hispanic man, about 40 years old. His identity has not been released.

A van marked "Distinctive Landscape Design Installation & Management" was parked in front of the home. It is unclear if the workers were with that company or what they were working on when they were buried.

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is investigating the incident.

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