A person has died following the collapse of an 8-foot-deep trench at a construction site in southwest Houston, specifically at Stone River Apartments during a maintenance project.

Authorities say one person is dead after firefighters responded to an apartment complex in southwest Houston for a trench rescue on Wednesday.

Authorities say one crew member was able to escape while the other didn't make it during a trench collapse, which was approximately 8 feet deep.

A crew was digging a hole on the property when it collapsed and trapped a worker. Houston Fire Department officials said the worker died at the scene.

A construction worker died Wednesday afternoon after an 8-foot trench collapsed at a southwest Houston Apartment Complex, ...

A spokesperson for the Houston Fire Department said the firefighters were injured after getting trapped inside one of the ...