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The news reports that 34-year-old Pablo Gomez died after becoming trapped in a trench collapse near Hickman in Stanislaus County, California.

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Emergency crews from the Stanislaus Consolidated Fire Protection District and the Modesto Fire Department were called to the area of Lake and Hickman roads around 10:30 a.m. for a trench rescue. The operation was upgraded to a technical rescue, but after assessing the conditions, emergency responders shifted their efforts from rescue to recovery after confirming that Gomez had died.

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According to his family, Gomez was a resident of Ceres, a father of two daughters with a son on the way, and a former goalkeeper for Modesto City FC.

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The exact cause of the collapse and details about the company conducting the excavation remain under investigation by the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA).

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