Today 10. Mar. 2010 at 10.29 am a worker at the construction site at 6th. st. / Cypress Ave. in Hermosa Beach got trapped under sand from a collapsed trench.
The immediate effort to excavate him lead by the Hermosa Beach Fire Department failed and even a requested truck-vac that arrived with police escort could not get to the victim in time. The body was finally found dead at about 12.00 noon and recovered at about 03.25pm after an on site investigation by the HBPD and the coroners office.
Several streets intersecting the accident site were completely blocked from approx. 10.30am until 05.00pm. 6th st. remains closed between Cypress Ave. and Loma drive for related repairs.
HBPD and CAL OSHA were on scene performing investigations into the cause of the accident. A press release was issued here
