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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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Long Island cemetery worker buried alive, dies inside open grave As the cascading dirt filled the grave, his co-workers at Washington Memorial Park in Mount Sinai tried frantically but unsuccessfully to dig him out. Â Â A Long Island cemetery worker died at the bottom of an empty grave Thursday in a freak accident, Suffolk County Police said. [ Photo illustration by ASHLEY DYE and LUIS SANTANA | Times ] By Larry McShane New York Daily News (TNS) Published Feb. 25 Updated Feb. 25 A Long Island cemetery worker died at the bottom of an empty grave Thursday in a freak accident, Suffolk County Police said. Rodwin Allicock, 42, of Coram, was on the job around 8:30 a.m. when the seven-foot deep grave collapsed as he worked inside the excavation, according to police.
Published February 25, 2021 • Updated on February 25, 2021 at 8:22 pm NBC Universal, Inc. 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
A Long Island cemetery worker was working at the bottom of a more than seven-foot deep grave when it collapsed on top of him Thursday morning, burying him alive. His Washington...
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.