This story is from May 8, 2015

Man dies as earth caves in at drainage work site in Chennai

A 50-year-old man, who was digging a trench for a drainage line at Otteri here, died after earth caved in and fell on him on Friday.
Man dies as earth caves in at drainage work site in Chennai
CHENNAI: A 50-year-old man, who was digging a trench for a drainage line at Otteri here, died after earth caved in and fell on him on Friday.
Police said Kuppusamy and his friend Murugesan had been digging a trench on the Bristley Road at Otteri. They were standing in the deep trench and working when the earth caved in burying them.
Passersby pulled Murugesan out of the trench.
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However, they could not save the life of Kuppusamy as he was buried deep in the trench. He died of suffocation.
Murugesan was admitted to Stanley Government Hospital.
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