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New Jersey cemetery employee trapped after grave collapses: report
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LYNDHURST, N.J. - A worker at a New Jersey cemetery was trapped for nearly a half-hour Tuesday afternoon after a grave collapsed on him while he was measuring it, police say.
The unidentified 59-year-old gravedigger was working ar Hillside Cemetery in Lyndhurst when the sides of the 8-foot-deep grave caved in, pinning him up to his knees in dirt. "They did not utilize any shoring when they were digging the grave," Sgt.
Vincent Auteri said, according to NorthJersey.com. "He decided to jump in nevertheless." His pleas for help were heard by co-workers who called a rescue crew to free him from a situation that has prompted nightmares for many throughout the U.S. "Taphophobia" is described as an irrational fear of being buried alive.
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