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Tennessee backhoe operator rescued 12 hours after dirt pit collapses, ‘completely’ buries him
A backhoe operator in middle Tennessee was saved on Tuesday after a pit of rocks and dirt he was digging collapsed and buried him alive for almost half a day, officials said. Firefighters responded around 11:20 p.m. to a landslide incident on Keg Springs Road in the Hampshire Community in Lewis County, and found that the face of a chert pit had collapsed onto a backhoe, "completely burying" the equipment and its operator, the Maury County Fire Department said.
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