CAPE CORAL, Fla. (AP) - Authorities say a utility worker died while working beneath a manhole in Florida.
The News-Press reports that man, whose name wasn’t immediately released, died Friday afternoon in Cape Coral. The Southwest Utilities employee had been installing a new water and sewer line.
Police spokesman Dana Coston says it wasn’t clear whether the man had fallen into the hole or had suffered a medical problem while in the hole.
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Witnesses say paramedics spent almost two hours working to recover the body, which had been submerged under water.
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Information from: The (Fort Myers, Fla.) News-Press, http://www.news-press.com
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