UPDATE:
A Deputy Coroner says that a Lancaster County man who first responders pulled out of a sinkhole around 8 tonight- is dead.
Fire fighters say that the man was last seen around one in the afternoon today.
At six o'clock, they found him face down in a sinkhole, which is on his friend's yard. He lived there too. It happened at Conestoga and Cliff Avenue in West Lampeter Township.
"The challenge would be of additional collapsing with the ground being soft thinking of the weather we had overnight last night and the ground being soft with collapsing so we have to build a working surface and a support surface to support the dirt from any more collapse than it already is," stated Willow Street Fire Chief Michael Reese.
An autopsy will be done Monday. Fire fighters have filled that sinkhole.
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Emergency crews are on the scene of a sinkhole in West Lampeter Township.
The call was first made around 6 p.m. at the intersection of Cliff Avenue and Conestoga Avenue.
At this point it is believed there was just one person trapped in the trench.
CBS 21 is on the scene and will provide updates as soon as we can.
A Deputy Coroner says that a Lancaster County man who first responders pulled out of a sinkhole around 8 tonight- is dead.
Fire fighters say that the man was last seen around one in the afternoon today.
At six o'clock, they found him face down in a sinkhole, which is on his friend's yard. He lived there too. It happened at Conestoga and Cliff Avenue in West Lampeter Township.
"The challenge would be of additional collapsing with the ground being soft thinking of the weather we had overnight last night and the ground being soft with collapsing so we have to build a working surface and a support surface to support the dirt from any more collapse than it already is," stated Willow Street Fire Chief Michael Reese.
An autopsy will be done Monday. Fire fighters have filled that sinkhole.
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Emergency crews are on the scene of a sinkhole in West Lampeter Township.
The call was first made around 6 p.m. at the intersection of Cliff Avenue and Conestoga Avenue.
At this point it is believed there was just one person trapped in the trench.
CBS 21 is on the scene and will provide updates as soon as we can.