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CHARTER OAK MAN DIES IN GRAIN BIN ACCIDENT

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A CHARTER OAK, IOWA MAN HAS DIED IN A GRAIN BIN ACCIDENT.

CRAWFORD COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT SAYS THEY WERE CALLED JUST BEFORE 10AM THURSDAY ABOUT A MAN TRAPPED IN A GRAIN BIN NEAR CHARTER OAK.

FIRST RESPONDERS CUT HOLES INTO THE SIDE OF THE GRAIN BIN TO AID IN RESCUING THE VICTIM.

THEY EXTRACTED THE MAN AND BEGAN LIFE-SAVING PROCEDURES.

THE VICTIM, 83-YEAR-OLD ROBERT KROLL, WAS DECLARED DECEASED AT THE SCENE BY MEDICAL PERSONNEL.

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