A RURAL PLYMOUTH COUNTY MAN HAS BEEN TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL AFTER HE WAS OVERCOME BY GAS FUMES WHILE IN A HOG PIT.
RESCUE UNITS WERE DISPATCHED TO THE FARM LOCATED ABOUT SIX AND A HALF MILES SOUTHEAST OF LE MARS ON COUNTY ROAD C-44 JUST BEFORE 2:30PM.
LE MARS FIRE CHIEF DAVE SCHIPPER SAYS THE 71-YEAR-OLD MAN WAS APPARENTLY OVERCOME BY FUMES WHILE WORKING ON THE MANURE PIT:
OC………..DOWN IN THE PIT. ;21
SCHIPPER SAYS THE VICTIM WAS OVERCOME BY HYDROGEN SULFIDE FUMES AND WAS PULLED OUT BY EMERGENCY RESPONDERS:
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THE VICTIM WAS CONSCIOUS WHEN HE WAS PULLED FROM THE PIT WITH ROPES AND WAS TAKEN TO FLOYD VALLEY HOSPITAL.
HIS NAME AND CONDITION HAVE NOT BEEN RELEASED.
