(KMZA)--A construction worker, who died Thursday morning in a Pottawatomie County construction accident, has been identified.

The Pottawatomie County Sheriff's Office has identified the victim as 45-year-old Matthew Becker, of rural Manhattan. He is the son of Bob Becker, of Everest, and the late Kay Becker.

Emergency personnel were dispatched to the Rock Creek Junior/Senior High School in the 93-hundred block of Flush Road in rural St. George around 8:00 Thursday morning.

When they arrived on the scene, they found Becker trapped in a hole about 12 feet deep.

Emergency workers tried to free him from the hole, but he was pronounced dead at the scene.

Becker was part of a crew working on a new baseball diamond, south of the school.

Pottawatomie County Sheriff Shane Jager said the incident remains under investigation.