“Chehalis man who died in trench collapse was trying to rescue co-worker”

“A fundraising campaign has been started to help the family of Jonathan F. Stringer, a 24-year-old Chehalis man who died last week when a trench collapsed at the Skookumchuck wind energy site in Lewis County.

“The GoFundMe campaign says that Stringer died while trying to rescue a co-worker.

“‘He was on a job site, helping save a man from a collapsing trench,’ the campaign reads. ‘He succeeded.’

“After the incident, the man he rescued was listed in satisfactory condition at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle,” by Rolf Boone, The Olympian. Read more