Tragic accident: farmer died under wood chips

Tragic accident: farmer died under wood chips

The police were alerted in the evening when a 70-year-old farmer did not return from his daily work to an agricultural business as usual. Working about a possible incident drove his 64-year-old wife and his sons to look for him. They noticed that his cell phone and his vehicles had stayed at home.

In the days before, the wood chip heating of the courtyard was defective, so the emergency services concentrated on this area. In their search, they discovered a hole near the sponsor of the heating and suspected that the man could have fallen into it.

unnoticed under wood chips

The suspicion was quickly confirmed. Under the support of the fire brigade, which shoveled the wood chips aside, the farmer was found at a depth of about two to two and a half meters under the wood chips. Unfortunately, all help came too late for him.

The first findings indicate that he had tried with an iron bar to loosen the pile of the wood chips before he fell into the hole and was suffocated by the wood chips. A tragic and shocking event that shakes the community.

The exact circumstances and background of the incident are currently being examined. Further information about this incident is expected, and the local population is dismayed by the tragic events. Reports of the situation can also be found on www.nachrichten.at .

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