Trench rescue underway after dirt cave-in at Bethesda construction site traps 2 workers

MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Md. (7News) — Emergency crews were working to remove two men trapped in a dirt cave-in at a construction site in Bethesda.

Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service units were dispatched to a technical rescue at 8100 Kentbury Drive near Newdale Road for what was described as a trench rescue.

Two construction workers were in a small trench up against the wall of a house when the soil embankment collapsed, according to Montgomery County Fire and Rescue’s Pete Piringer.

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The cave-in buried one worker up to the waist, and the second was buried up to his head.

First responders are still working to free the men.