Man Dies, Rescuer Injured in Southern MN Grain Bin Incident

Porter, MN (KROC-AM News)- One man is dead and two others were brought to a hospital following an incident at a grain bin in southwest Minnesota Tuesday morning.

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The Yellow Medicine County Sheriff’s Office says dispatched received a call regarding two people stuck in a grain bin shortly before 9:30 a.m. Emergency crews then responded to a farm northeast of Porter, MN, which is about 23 miles northwest of Marshall.

One of the people trapped in the bin, described as a 62-year-old man, had freed himself from the grain. A 27-year-old man remained stuck inside, authorities say.

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Rescue teams spent about an hour draining grain from the bin before finding and removing the man. Emergency personnel began life-saving measures but the 27-year-old was pronounced dead at the scene, according to a news release. The 62-year-old man was evaluated at a nearby hospital. A rescue worker was also taken to a nearby hospital for treatment of a heat-related injury.

The names of the individuals involved in the incident are being withheld pending notifications of family members.

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