Trench rescue underway in Kiawah River neighborhood

JOHNS ISLAND, S.C. (WCBD) – A trench rescue is underway Wednesday afternoon in a Johns Island neighborhood.

St. John’s Fire District Chief Ryan Kunitzer told News 2 that a person was working in a trench when they became stuck about waist-deep in mud.

The incident happened in the Kiawah River neighborhood.

St. John’s Fire District (SJFD) and several other agencies are working on shoring the trench and getting the man pulled out of the mud.

The man is in stable condition.

This is a developing story.