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Family Identifies Man Who Died In Trench After Collapse

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) - Family members have identified a man working on a sewer line at a Grand Rapids home who died after a wall collapsed on him while he was in a trench.

Rescuers spent at least an hour rescuing another man in his 40s Saturday who was alert but trapped by soil and concrete. A wall supporting a porch collapsed.

Family members tell WOOD-TV that Oscar Rocha Alonso died and had been helping a friend with the project. His brother Javier Rocha Alonso tells the TV station that he don't know how to explain what happened to other family members.

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