Firefighters Rescue Worker Trapped in Ditch in Germantown

Firefighters rescued a worker who was trapped in a ditch at a worksite on Germantown Road. Pete Piringer, the spokesperson for Montgomery County Fire & Rescue, provides the details:

Here’s how Piringer described the rescue via Twitter:

Update – Germantown Technical ‘trench’ Rescue, Rt118 Germantown Road between Middlebrook Road and Wisteria Drive, 1 adult male worker trapped, several dozen @mcfrs Technical Rescue Team, Trench Rescue, on scene, patient is communicating w/ rescue workers pic.twitter.com/ledu08aLtw — Pete Piringer (@mcfrsPIO) March 12, 2019

Update ~415p Rt118 between Middlebrook Road and Wisteria Drive, construction site, @mcfrs FFs found a worker trapped up to his chest in a 14'x12' excavation site, EMS crews monitoring trapped worker’s vitals, he is communicating w/ rescuers NOTE: 515p patient extricated pic.twitter.com/xI45XTI9Mt — Pete Piringer (@mcfrsPIO) March 12, 2019

.@mcfrsPIO at scene of Germantown rescue explains the danger of being trapped in a collapse like this @ABC7News pic.twitter.com/BAO2HXzTwq — Brad Bell (@ABC7Brad) March 12, 2019

Update – Germantown ‘trench’ rescue, (~415p) trapped worker was buried to his chest ~15’ below grade, he has been extricated (~515p) & @MCFRS EMS transported 1 adult to local trauma Center, Pri2, NLT, pic.twitter.com/8X7QRzMf5C — Pete Piringer (@mcfrsPIO) March 12, 2019

#Breaking a trench rescue in germantown at wisteria lane 1 adult Male trapped up to his chest. Video from #Skytrak7 pic.twitter.com/yTPwVAygtq — Ryan Sprouse (@RSprouseABC7) March 12, 2019

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