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Girl Rescued From 13-Inch Drainpipe In Westchester, Police Say Girl Rescued From 13-Inch Drainpipe In Westchester, Police Say
Girl Rescued From 13-Inch Drainpipe In Westchester, Police Say A Westchester County girl was rescued from a 13-inch drainpipe after a passerby heard her shouting for help. The incident took place around 6:55 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 4, in Mamaroneck. A Village of Mamaroneck police officer conducting post-storm patrol was alerted by persons shouting for help at the corner of Old White Plains Road and Center Avenue. The officer found a 13-year-old female who had fallen into an open utility vault/drainpipe. The girl’s body was below the ground up to her armpits and she was struggling to keep from falling further down, said Lt. Mark Gatta, of …

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by Kathy Reakes
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Worker Dies After Being Trapped In Trench In Westchester Worker Dies After Being Trapped In Trench In Westchester
Worker Dies After Being Trapped In Trench In Westchester A Connecticut man from Fairfield County was killed in a construction accident in New York after being trapped 10 feet underground when a trench collapsed on top of him at a Westchester County worksite. The Stamford man was killed around 12:40 p.m., Tuesday, May 4, when the trench collapsed at a home on 648 Shore Acres Drive in the Village of Mamaroneck. Police officers, as well as members from the Mamaroneck Fire Department, responded to 648 Shore Acres Drive on a report of a person trapped in a trench at the location, said Mamaroneck PD Chief Sandra DiRuzza. Upon arrival, t…

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by Kathy Reakes