[Catalogov]

National Iquirer post of the day.

Colorado man buried under mound of pinto beans dies

Digging for an hour, emergency crews did not reach him in time

DENVER — A 56-year-old man was killed on Thursday when he was buried under a 20-foot mound of pinto beans at a warehouse in eastern Colorado where he worked, police said.

Raymond Segura Jr. was pronounced dead at the Brush, Colorado, facility of the Kelley Bean Company after efforts to reach him alive were unsuccessful, Morgan County Undersheriff Dave Martin said.

"We moved several tons of beans to get to him," Martin told Reuters by phone.

Martin said emergency personnel were summoned to the site at 11:30 a.m. on reports of a worker trapped in a pile of loose pinto beans.

Martin said dozens of rescue workers and even four inmates from the county jail spent an hour digging through a 20-foot high mound of canned legumes to reach the trapped worker, but he was dead when crews reached him.

Segura was a longtime resident of the area and had worked at the warehouse between 12 and 15 years, Martin said.

The cause of the accident are under investigation, he said.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/46755399/
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[Blaxastij]

He really got beaned this time.

[Hetgvwic]

Its pretty unfortunate. I've heard of tractor drivers being killed by tractors, plane drivers by planes, truck drivers by trucks. Question. Will they sell those beans? I would like to buy them. I'll sell them on ebay individually numbered and mounted. Beans of Death! Own a bean that killed some guy. There could be proceeds. I'm not morbid but my customers are.

[Nikitka]

According to the article, they were canned beans. Can you imagine the weight of 20 feet of canned beans? The guy must have been flattened.

cans would be heavy for sure.
Martin said emergency personnel were summoned to the site at 11:30 a.m. on reports of a worker trapped in a pile of loose pinto beans.

[Valdoyes]

cans would be heavy for sure.

so what was it?? canned or loose??

Martin said dozens of rescue workers and even four inmates from the county jail spent an hour digging through a 20-foot high mound of canned legumes to reach the trapped worker, but he was dead when crews reached him.

[Hetgvwic]

so what was it?? canned or loose??

Loose cans?

[kneexyFreedly]

alright, here's another w/ NO mention of any cans whatsoever:

Man killed buried under 20-foot mound of pinto beans

A 56-year-old man was killed on Thursday when he was buried under a 20-foot mound of pinto beans at a warehouse in Colorado, police said.

Pinto beans Photo: ALAMY

11:39AM GMT 16 Mar 2012


Raymond Segura Jr. was pronounced dead at the Brush, Colorado, facility of the Kelley Bean Company after efforts to reach him alive were unsuccessful, Morgan County Undersheriff Dave Martin said.


"We moved several tons of beans to get to him," Martin said.


Martin said emergency personnel were summoned to the site at 11:30 a.m. on reports of a worker trapped in a pile of loose pinto beans. Martin said dozens of rescue workers and even four inmates from the county jail spent an hour digging through a 20-foot high mound of the legumes to get to the trapped worker, but he was dead when crews reached him.


Segura was a longtime resident of the area and had worked at the warehouse for between 12 and 15 years, Martin said.


The cause of the accident, how the victim became trapped and the exact cause of death are under investigation, he added.



http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/news...nto-beans.html (via Drudge)