UPDATE: Man Rescued after Falling into Hole at Construction Site

UPDATE: Authorities have identified the victim of Friday’s accident at a construction site as 22-year-old Michael Warren.

East Ridge and Chattanooga firefighters rescued a man Friday afternoon who had fallen into a hole at a construction site, officials said.

Fire Chief Mike Williams released the following information on the City of East Ridge Fire and Rescue Facebook page.

East Ridge Fire Rescue, East Ridge Police and Lifeguard EMS were dispatched to 3 Frawley Rd on a victim that had fallen approximately 40 feet into a hole at a construction site just before 2 p.m.

An immediate request was made for Chattanooga Fire Department’s Urban Search and Rescue team to assist with manpower and equipment for this type of rescue. East Ridge Fire Rescue arrived on the scene and made contact with the patient. Our crew started giving medical attention to the injured victim.

Chattanooga Fire arrived on the scene and set up ropes and other specialized equipment to remove the patient from the confined space. Crews worked together and removed the victim. Life Force Air Medical was called and the patient was transported to Erlanger Hospital.

The patient’s condition is unknown at this time. The patient’s name will not be released until the family has been notified.

“I am very proud of all that were involved in this rescue, Chief Williams said.

According to our friends at NewsChannel 9, the victim was a 22-year-old worker at Adman Electric, a subcontractor doing work for RTD Construction Company. The project site is a pump station being built by the City of Chattanooga.

About Dick Cook

Dick Cook has lived in East Ridge since the Kennedy Administration when his parents bought a house on Marietta Street. Dick graduated from ERHS in 1976 before going on to the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga where he studied Political Science. Dick worked for the Chattanooga Free-Press and the Chattanooga Times Free Press for 22 years. Free-Press Sports Editor Roy Exum plucked him out of production in 1989 and gave him a job as a sports reporter. Dick covered everything from prep sports to the whitewater events on the Ocoee River for the 1996 Olympics. When Chattanooga's two paper's merged, he became the Crime Reporter covering both the Chattanooga Police and Fire Departments. He was among reporters who were honored by the Associated Press for the TFP's coverage of the 2002 fog-shrouded crash on I-75 in Catoosa County, Dick and his wife, Cathy, live on Marlboro Avenue where they are seen frequently chasing around their three grandsons.