SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — The construction worker who died Wednesday in an early morning accident across from Scripps Ranch High School has been identified by the San Diego County Medical Examiner’s Office.
On Friday, officials publicly identified the worker as 27-year-old Joel Olea Gomez of San Marcos.
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Authorities said Gomez and a coworker were in a 20-foot-deep trench in the area of Hoyt Park Drive and Scripps Ranch Boulevard helping another worker guide a metal pipe as part of a pure water project.
The worker noticed the wall of the trench was about to collapse and escaped, according to authorities…