Man killed in trench collapse identified

UPDATE 9/5/18: The Fremont County Sheriff’s Office has identified the man as 27-year-old Fernando Romero Martinez of Ashton.

Romero Martinez was located approximately an hour after the incident was called in and declared deceased at the scene.

ORIGINAL:

A man was killed Tuesday afternoon in a trench collapse near Ashton.

The Fremont County Sheriff’s Office says it got the call about the collapse around 4:00 p.m.

A backhoe operator was installing plastic pipe for a drainage system, and the man was in the trench to put pipe connections together.

The backhoe driver told the sheriff’s office he pulled forward to keep digging the trench and when they turned around the trench had collapsed on top of the man.

The man’s body was uncovered about an hour after the 911 call about the accident came in, he was pronounced dead at the scene.

The identity of those involved has not been released.