A Suffield contractor and an employee have pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the second degree after another employee died at ...

Botticello owns Botticello Inc., and Locke was the equipment operator working near Slater at the time of the trench collapse.

Dennis Botticello, 69, of Suffield, and Glen Locke, 67, of Somers both pleaded guilty in the July 22, 2022 death of a worker ...

Two men pleaded guilty on Friday to manslaughter in the second degree, according to the division of justice. The plea stems ...

to determine the cause of the collapse. Construction-related trench collapses are rare but extremely dangerous, often resulting in fatal outcomes due to the weight and speed at which the earth can ...

such as trench boxes or shoring, that could have prevented the collapse. Failure to provide adequate cave-in protections, a "critical" lapse that exposed workers to the risk of fatal injury ...

“One person survived the trench collapse, although he sustained severe ... the need for all concerned parties to take steps to prevent these tragic incidents from occurring in the future.

A Suffield contractor and one of his employees pleaded guilty to manslaughter after a worker was buried in a trench collapse ...