El Paso Water identifies man who died at facility as 34-year-old employee
Update: El Paso Water just identified the dead employee as 34-year-old Jordan Haynesworth.
Read the statement from the utility below.
"El Paso Water is saddened to report the death of our employee 34-year-old Jordan Haynesworth, who was a Utility Plant Senior Technician at our Roberto R. Bustamante Wastewater Treatment Plant following an incident at the plant on Friday afternoon, April 26. Our condolences go out to Haynesworth’s family as they mourn his loss. Haynesworth worked for El Paso Water for nearly four years and was a valued member of the Bustamante Plant team who had recently been promoted."
El Paso Water
Update: El Paso Water confirmed the person involved was an employee with El Paso Water at the Roberto Bustamante Waste Water Treatment Plant. El Paso Fire Department says the person seemed to be trapped inside a water tank.
Update: A spokesperson with the El Paso Police Department confirms to ABC-7 that one person died.
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) -- The El Paso Fire Department is racing to free a person trapped in a "confined space."
This is happening on the 10000 block of Southside in the Lower Valley. A waste water plant associated with El Paso Water is located at this address. ABC-7 has reached out to the plant and to El Paso Water. We have not yet heard back.
The department posted about the situation on social media.
Special rescue crews responding to reports of an individual trapped in a confined space at 10001 Southside.
— El Paso Fire Department (@EPTXFire) April 26, 2024
Stand by for updates - PIO en route. pic.twitter.com/scJwiJkw1w
ABC-7 is working to learn more information.
