November 9, 2006

Man dies in trench accident

       White River township firefighters responded to assist the Whiteland Fire Department yesterday afternoon when a man became buried up to his neck in a trench collapse.  Daniel Coffing, 52, of Fishers, was working to install a sewer line at the new Speedco Truck Stop at Whiteland Road and I-65 when the accident occurred.  He had been working inside a safety box but stepped outside of it for an unknown reason when the trench walls collapsed.  Co-workers were able to free the man after about ten minutes of digging but was not breathing.  Co-workers immediately began CPR.  He was in full cardiac arrest when the Whiteland Fire Department arrived shortly thereafter and was transported to Methodist Hospital where he was pronounced dead.  The trench team from White River was subsequently disregarded.
 

  

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