Man dies after becoming buried in corn in North Dakota

GRAND FORKS, N.D.–A North Dakota man is dead after working in a grain bin and becoming submerged in corn.

The victim is a 58-year-old man from Aneta, North Dakota.

The Grand Forks County Sheriff’s Office and Larimore Fire and Rescue responded to Columbia Grain in Arvilla, North Dakota around 3:00 Wednesday afternoon. They, along with Grand Forks Fire and their Technical Rescue Team, searched for the man for about an hour. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

His name is being withheld until family has been notified.