62-Year-Old Man Horrifically Crushed To Death In Slaton, Texas
A 62-year-old man was horrifically crushed to death in a cotton bail freak accident in Slaton, Texas.
A HORRIFIC ACCIDENT ENDS WITH 1 DEAD
Emergency services were called to RSM Co., a Texas cotton processing plant, to respond to a tragic accident.
A 62-year-old man working at the cotton plant was working in between two rows of 1,500-pound stacks of cotton. While the man was between the stacks, a lift operator nearby began to compress the stacks together, unaware that a man was working in the rows.
As the stack of cotton was compressed, the 62-year-old worker was tragically killed.
ANOTHER TRAGIC FREAK ACCIDENT IN TEXAS
A 71-year-old man from Edna, TX was tragically killed in a lawnmower accident just days ago.
MAN PINNED DOWN AND HURT
On Friday, December 31, 2021, just hours before ringing in the new year Robert Bergstrom from Edna, TX was loading his lawnmower onto his utility tractor truck by himself. According to Police Chief Rick Boone, something went wrong while Bergstrom was loading up the lawnmower and it tipped over, pinning him down on the ground.
MAN SPOTTED BY A CITY WORKER
According to Crossroads Today, a city worker spotted a man trapped under a tractor and called 911. Edna Police Department quickly responded and found Bergstrom underneath his tractor.
Unfortunately, he was pronounced dead at the scene. Officials involved believe Bergstrom was trapped under the tractor around 45 minutes to an hour before he was spotted.
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