MIAMI TOWNSHIP, Ohio — The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and Miami Township Police Department are investigating after a fatal trench collapse in Clermont County Friday afternoon.

Officials said three men were putting underground pipes in on Valley Forge Drive Friday afternoon when the trench collapsed around them. It took approximately six hours total to get two of the men out of the trench. Both were taken to UC Medical Center, where they remain. One man was pronounced dead after the injuries he sustained in the collapse.

In a release, Miami Township Fire and EMS says preliminary information suggests the men were contractors working to install water control piping. Officials says standard trench safety systems, which are normally required for the work they were do

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