Published February 25, 2021 •
Updated on February 25, 2021 at 8:22 pm
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In a tragic event seemingly out of a horror film, a cemetery worker was killed when the grave he was digging collapsed on him Thursday morning on Long Island, police say, essentially burying him alive.
Suffolk County Police Homicide Squad detectives are investigating the incident during which the employee at Washington Memorial Park in Middle Island, located in Suffolk County, died. Download our mobile app for iOS or Android to get the latest breaking news and local stories.
According to police, the man was leveling out the bottom of a grave when the grave collapsed on him at approximately 8:30 a.m. Workers raced to help rescue the man, but he was pronounced dead at the scene. It was not immediately clear how long the man was trapped for.
Cemetery digger, 42, dies after grave he was shoveling collapsed on him in Long Island, leaving him trapped underneath more than 7-feet of dirt
Rodwin Allicock, 42, had been working inside the grave at Washington Memorial Park in Mount Sinai Thursday when it collapsed on him at around 8.30am
Co-workers attempted to dig the Coram resident from inside the grave, which was more than seven feet deep
Allicock was pronounced dead at the scene
By Jason Hall
Close-up of spade shovel being used to dig a hole in soil
Local police detectives are investigating the death of a cemetery digger who was killed while working in a grave in Mount Sinai Thursday (February 25) morning.
Rodwin Allicock, 42, of Coram, was working at the bottom of a grave at Washington Memorial Park on Canal Road that was more than 7 feet deep when the grave collapsed at approximately 8:30 a.m., according to a Suffolk County Police Department news release.
Allicock s co-workers attempted to dig him out, but were unsuccessful. The 42-year-old was pronounced dead at the scene by a physician assistant from the Office of the Suffolk County Medical Center.
By Jason Hall
Close-up of spade shovel being used to dig a hole in soil
Local police detectives are investigating the death of a cemetery digger who was killed while working in a grave in Mount Sinai Thursday (February 25) morning.
Rodwin Allicock, 42, of Coram, was working at the bottom of a grave at Washington Memorial Park on Canal Road that was more than 7 feet deep when the grave collapsed at approximately 8:30 a.m., according to a Suffolk County Police Department news release.
Allicock s co-workers attempted to dig him out, but were unsuccessful. The 42-year-old was pronounced dead at the scene by a physician assistant from the Office of the Suffolk County Medical Center.
By Jason Hall
Close-up of spade shovel being used to dig a hole in soil
Local police detectives are investigating the death of a cemetery digger who was killed while working in a grave in Mount Sinai Thursday (February 25) morning.
Rodwin Allicock, 42, of Coram, was working at the bottom of a grave at Washington Memorial Park on Canal Road that was more than 7 feet deep when the grave collapsed at approximately 8:30 a.m., according to a Suffolk County Police Department news release.
Allicock s co-workers attempted to dig him out, but were unsuccessful. The 42-year-old was pronounced dead at the scene by a physician assistant from the Office of the Suffolk County Medical Center.