PORTLAND, Maine — A man from Rockland has died after a building in Rockland collapsed Saturday, trapping him underneath.
Kendall Ross, 37, reportedly died after being taken away from the scene by helicopter, according to a article published Saturday by The Village Soup.
An emergency call came in around 8:23 a.m. that a man working with a crew to demolish a garage on Crescent Street became trapped when the garage collapsed, but he was conscious and alert underneath a garage on Crescent Street, Rockland Fire and EMS Chief Chris Whytock said in a news release.
When emergency personnel arrived, the man was still trapped but no longer conscious.
Firefighters set up an airbag system to help them lift the weight of the roof off the worker to free him from the trapped building.
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is investigating the incident, according to a report from the Associated Press.
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