Rescuers Work for Hours to Free Worker From Collapsed Trench in La Jolla

Orange County Firefighters responded to a car fire in Irvine Calif., on Aug. 17, 2020. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times

SAN DIEGO—Emergency crews worked for more than five hours on June 28 to free a construction worker who wound up injured and precariously trapped in unstable dirt and debris following a trench collapse at a home-remodel site near La Jolla Shores Beach.

The industrial accident in the 8400 block of El Paseo Grande took place shortly before 8 a.m., according to the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department.