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Responders Rescue Man Who Fell Into Trench In Old Tappan

A passerby was hospitalized with a leg injury after he fell into an open trench Thursday morning in Old Tappan.

Old Tappan First Aid Corps

Old Tappan First Aid Corps

Photo Credit: Old Tappan FAC

Borough police were joined by firefighters and members of the Old Tappan First Aid Corps after finding the man, who'd fallen into the nearly 9-foot hole at the site of a massive construction project on Old Tappan Road shortly before 10 a.m.

A basket was needed to lift the 250-or-so-pound victim out.

A regional rescue call was made and a medical chopper was briefly put on standby, but neither was necessary, responders said.

"It's just a guy who fell into a hole," one said. "Just needed some people to lift him out."

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