A workman has had a close call after being buried in earth up to his shoulders on Mildenhall Rd. in the Lawrence Ave. and Bayview Ave. area of Lawrence Park. The man and his workmates were attempting to seal a leaky basement, a process known as parging. They had dug a deep trench beside the home and early in the afternoon the earth gave way, trapping the man. It took firefighters digging and carefully shoring up the sides of the trench to finally extricate the man. He is said to be essentially unhurt but was checked out at hospital.
