11 investigates trench collapse that killed worker

ROSTRAVER, Pa. — A Westmoreland County man was killed Monday when the trench he was working in collapsed.

Vaughn Kopetsky, 60, was climbing out of the trench in Rostraver when a wall collapsed, trapping him.

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Co-workers were able to dig Kopetsky out of the trench, but they were unable to save him.

Channel 11’s Melanie Gillespie is learning more about the township project he was working on when he was killed and where the investigation stands now – for Channel 11 News, starting at 5.

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