Man survives fall into water-filled ditch

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A man became trapped after falling 25 feet into a trench containing 3 feet of water at Baltimore County’s Back River Waste Water Treatment Plant Tuesday afternoon, fire officials said.

The 48-year-old man, whose name was not released, was repairing a pipe at the construction site at Chesaco and Severn avenues when he fell just before 1 p.m., officials said.

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