Police said the trench had been excavated to connect a private residence’s sewer system to the city sewer line.

The collapse happened Friday evening along Hamilton Court. After being extracted from the hole, Michael Dirocco was later pronounced dead at the hospital.

A sewer line worker who was seriously injured Friday when a trench he was working under collapsed has died, officials said Saturday.  Michael Dirocco, 60, of Norwich, was pronounced dead at Backus ...

A Connecticut construction worker was killed after a trench for a sewer line he was working on collapsed on top of him.