Victim of workplace accident identified

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - The name of a man who died after a Southern Indiana workplace accident has been released.

Emmanuel Martinez Moran, 22, was injured November 28 while working inside a trench in the 700 block of McKinley Ave. in Clarksville. The work was being done as part of a sewer project.

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Around 9:20 a.m., 911 dispatchers received a number of calls reporting the accident. The callers said Martinez was working in a trench six to seven feet deep when it collapsed up to his chest.

Rescuers were able to remove Martinez from the trench. He was rushed to University of Louisville Hospital where he died around from his injuries.