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After Worker Buried Alive In San Francisco Trench, Manslaughter Charges Filed

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Status

Reported, not yet confirmed

Independent sources

3

First seen

Oct 19, 2:41 PM PDT

updated Oct 20, 3:20 PM PDT

Topic

Local News

Reported by KRON 4, KQEH and KTVU, not yet confirmed.

What Happened

Manslaughter charges have been filed by San Francisco prosecutors against construction employees after a worker was buried alive in a deadly 2023 trench collapse, KTVU, KQEH and KRON 4 reported.

Written by our system from the sources below (3), version 1, Oct 20, 4:08 PM PDT. Official warnings are never rewritten: they are quoted as issued.

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How It Unfolded

Oct 19, 3:15 PM PDT · first source seen

Official Confirmation

No official source confirms this yet. It is reported, not confirmed.

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How We Decided

Oct 19, 3:32 PM PDTHeld: One source so far, and no official source confirms it yet.Oct 19, 4:12 PM PDTPublished: Two or more independent sources reported it.NextConfirmed when an official source agrees.