A person was hospitalized while suffering “traumatic arrest” after being rescued from a worksite trench collapse that partially buried them in a Norwich neighborhood Friday evening. The Norwich Fire Department was called to Hamilton Court after 6:15 p.m., where a trench was being dug up to connect a residential sewer to the city sewer line. Crews arrived minutes later to find someone partially submerged under dirt in the trench, which was about five feet deep.
The victim was removed from the trench and was in traumatic arrest while an ambulance took the victim to Backus Hospital, firefighters said. Their condition is not known at this time. All the remaining workers were accounted for, and there was no impact on nearby buildings as a result of the collapse, firefighters said. Norwich Public Utilities and Norwich police also responded. Connecticut’s OSHA was asked to assist in the investigation.
