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Jay Saxe Froshaug Identified As Worker Who Died After Trench Collapse In Greeley

GREELEY, Colo. (AP) - A man who died after he was pulled from a collapsed trench at a worksite in northern Colorado has been identified. The Greeley Tribune reports 59-year-old Jay Saxe Froshaug, of Longmont, was partially buried while working at the Poudre Ponds on Jan. 14.

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The ponds had been drained so the city of Greeley could make improvements. Froshaug was caught as other workers prepared to pour a concrete headwall.

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He was pulled from the pit and died at a hospital. Poudre Ponds, a recreational fishery, was closed in the fall and is expected to be back open in April.

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