New Jersey Crews Rescue Trapped Worker

April 18, 2006
The man fell into a 10-foot hole, and rescue workers pulled him out

Emergency crews rescued a county worker trapped in a hole along King's Highway near Route 322 in Gloucester County, N.J.

He fell into the 10-foot hole, and rescue workers pulled him out around noon Tuesday.

Chopper 10 showed rescue workers using a pulley to bring him up from the hole. He was strapped to a backboard, but appeared to be moving his hands.

There is no word on the identity of the man or the extent of his injuries. He was taken away in an ambulance.

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