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(UPDATE) SUFFOLK, Virginia -Suffolk Fire & Rescue advises that an individual who
was treated at the scene on the 700 block of Second Avenue was experiencing a medical
emergency. Paramedics provided advanced life support before transporting the individual to a
local hospital, where they later passed away. To respect the family’s privacy, the name of the
deceased will not be disclosed.

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Aug.1 — Suffolk Fire & Rescue and Suffolk Police responded to Second Avenue and Pitchkettle Rd. for a reported unconscious person experiencing a medical emergency at a construction site.  Emergency Communications dispatched the incident at 1:13 p.m.

Engine 1, Rescue 1, and Medic 1 arrived at 1:15 p.m. to find a male worker approximately 15 feet in the bottom of trench a box. Firefighters arrived to find that contractors were repairing utilities in the road-way and a male contractor was unconscious in the bottom of a trench box. Advanced life support treatment was initiated by paramedic firefighters in the trench.  Due to the complexity of the rescue, a technical rescue involving trench, confined space, and rope rescue was executed by SFR’s Technical Rescue Team.  The unconscious adult male was removed from the trench and paramedics continued advanced life support care to an area hospital. The patient’s condition is listed as serious/life threatening. Suffolk Police Department is investigating the incident.