Worker dies at Vergennes animal feed company
VERGENNES, Vt. (WCAX) – Authorities are investigating after a worker died at a Vergennes animal feed business Wednesday evening.
Vergennes Police say it happened at Feed Commodities on Meigs Road just before 5:30 p.m. They say a the woman, who has not been identified, was operating a forklift carrying animal feed and that when she got off to repair a torn bag, a 1,000-pound bag fell, trapping her. She died at the scene.
The medical examiner later ruled her cause of death as asphyxia.
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