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Construction Worker Killed In Jersey City Trench Collapse

A 35-year-old construction worker died after a trench collapsed on him in Jersey City Thursday morning, authorities said.

At the scene on Route 440 in Jersey City.

At the scene on Route 440 in Jersey City.

Photo Credit: Anthony Johnson/ABC7

The worker was installing a water line on Route 440 when the incident occurred around 9:30 a.m., the city's director of communications Kimberly Wallace-Scalcione said.

Occupational Safety and Health Administration was at the scene as of 12:40 p.m.

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