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Photos: Bobcat operator rescued from a trench in Montgomery Co.

This Bobcat got lodged into this seven-inch trench while excavating a sewer line at Charles River Labs in Rockville, Md. The operator suffered non-life threatening injuries. (Pete Piringer/Montgomery Count Fire & Rescue Service via Twitter)
This Bobcat got lodged into this seven-inch trench at a commercial building in Rockville, Md. on Saturday, Aug. 27, 2016.  The operator suffered non-life threatening injuries, fire officials say. (Pete Piringer/Montgomery Count Fire & Rescue Service via Twitter)
Rescuers work to extract an injured Bobcat operator after his vehicle crashed and trapped him in a trench in Rockville, Md. Emergency personnel say his injuries aren't life threatening. (Pete Piringer/Montgomery Count Fire & Rescue Service via Twitter)
Rescuers spend hours trying to extract an injured Bobcat operator after his vehicle crashed and trapped him in a trench in Rockville, Md. on Saturday, Aug. 27, 2016. (Pete Piringer/Montgomery Count Fire & Rescue Service via Twitter)
A Montgomery County Fire & Rescue Service rescue team work to extract construction vehicle from a trench in Rockville, Md. on Saturday, Aug. 27, 2016. (Pete Piringer/Montgomery Count Fire & Rescue Service via Twitter) (Pete Piringer/Montgomery Count Fire & Rescue Service via Twitter)
It took several hours for a technical team to extract a Bobcat construction vehicle from a trench in Rockville, Md. on Saturday, Aug. 27, 2016.
It took several hours for a technical team to extract a Bobcat construction vehicle from a trench in Rockville, Md. on Saturday, Aug. 27, 2016. (Pete Piringer/Montgomery Count Fire & Rescue Service via Twitter)
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This Bobcat got lodged into this seven-inch trench while excavating a sewer line at Charles River Labs in Rockville, Md. The operator suffered non-life threatening injuries. (Pete Piringer/Montgomery Count Fire & Rescue Service via Twitter)
Rescuers work to extract an injured Bobcat operator after his vehicle crashed and trapped him in a trench in Rockville, Md. Emergency personnel say his injuries aren't life threatening. (Pete Piringer/Montgomery Count Fire & Rescue Service via Twitter)
It took several hours for a technical team to extract a Bobcat construction vehicle from a trench in Rockville, Md. on Saturday, Aug. 27, 2016.

ROCKVILLE, Md. (AP) — A Bobcat operator was rescued from a trench in a commercial building in Montgomery County.

Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service spokesman Pete Piringer said on social media that the worker sustained non-life threatening injuries during the accident, which occurred on Saturday afternoon.

that the worker got lodged into a seven-inch trench while excavating a sewer line.

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