Worker dies while replacing cesspool in Suffolk County, Long Island

Sunday, November 19, 2017
SHOREHAM, Long Island (WABC) -- A worker died while replacing a cesspool at a home on Long Island Saturday.

Police say 60-year-old Kurt Peiscopgrau was helping install the cesspool in Shoreham in Suffolk County, when the ground suddenly gave way and trapped him underground.
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By the time emergency workers arrived at the scene, there was no hope.

They recovered his body several hours later.
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