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Waseca, Minn. (AP)

Man dies after being trapped in corn bin

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Corn bin accident
Workers clean up corn that was removed to free a man trapped in the grain bin at right, on a farm in Otisco Township about five miles southeast of Waseca, Minn., March 4, 2009. Officials say the man died after apparently being suffocated beneath the corn.
Photo by John Cross/Mankato Free Press

A man trapped in a grain bin on his farm near Waseca died after rescue workers were unable to reach him in time.

The Waseca County sheriff's office said James Eaton, 49, died at the scene.

Deputies say Eaton was trying to dislodge frozen corn inside the bin Thursday morning when the grain collapsed onto him and suffocated him.

The farm is located in Otisco Township, about five miles south of Waseca in south-central Minnesota.

(Copyright 2010 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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Corn bin accident
Workers clean up corn that was removed to free a man trapped in the grain bin at right, on a farm in Otisco Township about five miles southeast of Waseca, Minn., March 4, 2009. Officials say the man died after apparently being suffocated beneath the corn.
Photo by John Cross/Mankato Free Press