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Fatal Grain Silo Accident

(MUNICIPALITY OF HURON EAST, ON) On Thursday August 26, 2010 shortly before 1:30 p.m., Huron County OPP officers were dispatched to a farm on Cardiff Rd. north east of Brussels where a male person had fallen into a grain storage silo.

The Grey Township Fire Department and Huron ambulance crews also responded to the scene. The fire department with the assistance of a local feed company personnel and their equipment were able to empty the silo and located the male inside. The male did not have vital signs upon being located. Immediate attempts were made to resuscitate the male but these attempts proved unsuccessful.

The male was identified as Larry Bray (59) from the Municipality of Huron East.