Clearwater Fire Department responded to a trench rescue call at about 1 p.m. Monday in the 1400 block of Jeffords Street.
Authorities say a man in his 30s, identified as Manolo Ruiz-Sanchez of Dunedin on Wednesday, was working below grade in a trench when a large steel plate used for stabilizing the trench struck and crushed him.
Ruiz-Sanchez was working on part of the Clearwater stormwater project, and Keystone Excavators Inc. is the city's contractor for the project.
"I'm still in shock," said Carolina Bravo.
Bravo and several members of the worker's Palm Harbor church rushed to the scene after hearing about the deadly accident.
This seems like an awful way to go. 
