A man working in a trench adjacent to a house at 3041 36th SW was trapped by the collapse of the trench and later died despite rescue attempts by emergency responders

According to the Seattle Fire Department spokesperson Corey Orvold, 911 was called at 10:47am and arrived at a home, set back and up above the street where a worker had been trapped in 10 foot trench that had collapsed. SFD said that there were "signs of life" but after a 20 minute rescue effort it was determined that he had not survived and the mission changed from rescue to recovery.

The work being done was sewer repair.
A vacuum truck was on scene to help remove dirt and recover the man's body.