NATIONAL NEWS - A man, believed to be in his 30s, was hospitalised yesterday (March 11) after being trapped inside a grain silo for about 10 hours in Winterton.
ER24 paramedics, along with Provincial Fire and other services, arrived in the early hours of the morning to find a man lying trapped chest-deep inside a grain silo.
Several men had climbed inside the silo and had begun to remove a large amount of grain.
Provincial Services utilised various rescue and cutting equipment to cut a large hole in the bottom of the silo, allowing more access for grain to be removed.
After about 10 hours, the man was finally freed from the silo.
Man trapped inside grain silo for 10 hours
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A man was hospitalised after being trapped inside a grain silo for about 10 hours in Winterton.
Posted on: 15:05 Mon, 12 March 2018
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