Hallsville Police have not released the identity of the construction worker who was killed in an accident Monday morning on Elizabeth street.
The Boone County Fire Protection District says it was dispatched to the scene Monday morning about a construction worker possibly trapped in a cistern beneath a home’s porch. 12 firefighters responded and spoke to another construction worker who was working with the man at the home. The other worker says he left the site briefly and that he couldn’t locate his coworker when he returned.
Firefighters and Hallsville Police searched the area and fire crews then began to pump water from the cistern using trash pumps. The Boone County Fire Protection District says they found the body of an adult male in the water-filled cistern.
Firefighters say the Boone County Medical Examiner’s office will determine the cause of death.
