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Cemetery Worker Buried Alive In New York Grave Mishap

The police are investigating.

Police on Long Island are investigating the death of a New York cemetery employee who was buried alive inside a grave.

On Thursday (Feb. 25) at about 8:30 a.m., Rodwin Allicock, 42, was working at the bottom of a 7-foot-deep grave at Washington Memorial Park in Mount Sinai when the grave collapsed, according to the Suffolk County Police.

His co-workers tried but were unable to rescue Allicock, the police said. 

He was pronounced dead at the scene by a physician assistant from the Office of the Suffolk County Medical Center.

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Police said the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has been notified.

 

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