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Wingdale Materials quarry

Hudson Valley Man Rescued From Mining Tunnel After Being Trapped By 40-Ton Boulder Hudson Valley Man Rescued From Mining Tunnel After Being Trapped By 40-Ton Boulder
Hudson Valley Man Rescued From Mining Tunnel After Being Trapped By 40-Ton Boulder An employee at an area materials quarry was rescued after a boulder broke free and landed on his machine, trapping him 2,500 feet into a tunnel. The incident took place around 1:30 p.m., Tuesday, Dec. 14 at the Wingdale Materials quarry in Dutchess County in Dover, said the JH Ketcham Hose Company. According to Chief Ryan Sartori, of the JH Ketcham Hose Company, his department, along with Dover Ambulance, were dispatched to the quarry for the man trapped in a machine in the mine.  To free the man, a difficult, technical rescue operation took more than an hour after a 40-ton boulder pinned…
Hudson Valley Man Rescued From Mining Tunnel After Being Trapped By 40-Ton Boulder Hudson Valley Man Rescued From Mining Tunnel After Being Trapped By 40-Ton Boulder
Hudson Valley Man Rescued From Mining Tunnel After Being Trapped By 40-Ton Boulder An employee at an area materials quarry was rescued after a boulder broke free and landed on his machine, trapping him 2,500 feet into a tunnel. The incident took place around 1:30 p.m., Tuesday, Dec. 14 at the Wingdale Materials quarry in Dutchess County in Dover, said the JH Ketcham Hose Company. According to Chief Ryan Sartori, of the JH Ketcham Hose Company, his department, along with Dover Ambulance, were dispatched to the quarry for the man trapped in a machine in the mine.  To free the man, a difficult, technical rescue operation took more than an hour after a 40-ton boulder pinned…