Man dies after being trapped in corn dryer

WCBU | By Associated Press

Published November 30, 2015 at 3:51 PM CST

Police in Pekin say a man is dead after he became trapped in a corn dryer at a processing plant. Pekin Police Public Information Officer Mike Eeten says a piece of metal fell on the unidentified man as he walked through the Illinois Corn Processing plant and trapped him sometime before 11 a.m. today.

Eeten said rescue crews were trying to take the dryer apart to free the man when part of the dryer collapsed on him.

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