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(KMZA)--A construction worker, who died Thursday morning in a Pottawatomie County construction accident, has been identified.
The Pottawatomie County Sheriff's Office has identified the victim as 45-year-old Matthew Becker, of rural Manhattan. He is the son of Bob Becker, of Everest, and the late Kay Becker.
Emergency personnel were dispatched to the Rock Creek Junior/Senior High School in the 93-hundred block of Flush Road in rural St. George around 8:00 Thursday morning.
When they arrived on the scene, they found Becker trapped in a hole about 12 feet deep.
Emergency workers tried to free him from the hole, but he was pronounced dead at the scene.
Becker was part of a crew working on a new baseball diamond, south of the school.
Pottawatomie County Sheriff Shane Jager said the incident remains under investigation.
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