A man has been rescued from a trench after being trapped under concrete in Fairfax County, Virginia. It happened on Fournier Drive in the Burke-Fairfax Station area Wednesday around 2:40 p.m. Fairfax County Fire and Rescue said the man is being taken to the hospital with serious but not life-threatening injuries.
UPDATE 10800 Fournier Drive in Burke: person trapped under concrete in trench was extricated. Being transported by ambulance to hospital with serious, non-life-threatening injuries. #FCFRD pic.twitter.com/js6RdCIAaT
— Fairfax County Fire/Rescue (@ffxfirerescue) September 8, 2021
A Fairfax County police helicopter landed on the Fairfax County Parkway at Freds Oak Road and shut down lanes in both directions. Below is the area where it happened. [google_map latitude=”38.78643703938935″ longitude=”-77.31918498673541″ zoom=”13″ height=”300px” location_label=”Fournier Road” dynamic_map=”true”] WTOP’s Lauren Hamilton contributed to this report.