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