A man was killed and another was airlifted after a grain bin accident in Illinois this week.
First responders in Putnam County were dispatched at 2:18 p.m. Monday, the Hennepin and Granville fire departments said in a joint Facebook statement.
Inside the bin, they found a man buried to his chest in soybeans.
The man told responders that he became trapped when he went into the bin to locate another man whom he hadn’t seen in a while, according to the statement.
Crews used a grain bin rescue tube and a grain vacuum system to rescue the first man. He was helped out of the bin and airlifted for further treatment. His current condition remains unclear.
After having worked in shifts for hours to remove the soybeans, crews discovered the second man dead near the bottom of the bin.
The victims have not yet been publicly identified.
