Sewer Line Repair Turns to Tragedy

Two men are dead and another was injured after an 11-foot deep trench collapsed in Hays, Kansas. A crew from locally based JCorp was conducting sewer line repairs on Main Street when the accident occurred around 1:30 p.m. Tuesday.The first victim was rescued shortly after the accident happened and was transported to Hays Medical Center. By 4:30 p.m., the operation had changed from rescue to recovery for the other two workers still trapped, reports the Hays Post.“The rescuers were painstakingly removing dirt from the trench one bucket at a time,” says Hays Public Information Officer Kim Rupp. “They had to