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Man injured in Hamilton construction accident

The Hamilton Fire Department had to extricate a worker from a trench after a construction accident. Andrew Collins

A man in his 60s was taken to hospital with serious injuries after a construction accident in Hamilton.

It happened just before noon on Tuesday, when the man was hit by a backhoe and fell into a trench on Marshall Avenue, in the Upper Kenilworth and King’s Forest Drive area.

Hamilton fire crews conducted a rope rescue to extricate the man from the ditch.

The Ministry of Labour has been notified.

The victim’s name has not been released.

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