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SAN DIEGO — A construction worker was killed in an accident at a water construction site after dirt and a pipe crushed the worker at the bottom of a dirt trench, officials said.According to San Diego Fire-Rescue Department officials, emergency crews were called to a water pipe construction site in the 11200 block of Hoyt Park Drive , near Scripps Ranch Boulevard , at around 4 a.m. for what was described as a trench rescue .
SDFD officials said they were told a worker was about 20 feet down a trench with dirt and a concrete pipe on them. A co-worker that was also in the trench at the time was able to get out.Emergency crews arrived a short time later, but medics determined that the worker had died. Officials believe an unstable foundation led to the 4-foot-wide pipe falling on the worker.
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