Nicholas Cox, 32, was charged with Criminal Possession of a Weapon, Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance, and Criminally Using Drug Paraphernalia.
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.
Long Island Cemetery Worker Killed When Grave Collapses on Him
27 Feb 2021
A cemetery worker on Long Island was killed Thursday when the sides of a grave collapsed on him as he was leveling the bottom.
The incident occurred around 8:30 a.m. at Washington Memorial Park located on Canal Road in Mount Sanai, ABC 7 reported.
Moments after Rodwin Allicock was buried in the more than seven-foot deep hole, his coworkers tried to dig him out but were unsuccessful.
“Allicock, 42, of Coram, was pronounced dead at the scene by a physician assistant from the Office of the Suffolk County Medical Center,” a press release from Suffolk County police read:
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