WAKE COUNTY, N.C. -- A construction worker is dead after an accident at a construction site in southern Wake County. 

  • A construction worker died near Garner Thursday morning.
  • A large piece of equipment rolled into a ditch, pinning a worker.
  • Identity has not been released. 

Officials say a piece of equipment used for paving and rolling turned over into a trench Thursday morning, pinning someone in that trench.

The Department of Labor is investigating the incident. 

The identity of the deceased has not yet been released to the public. 

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