A farm worker in Connecticut died after a pile of milled corn collapsed onto him late Monday afternoon, according to state police.
Police said 54-year-old Donald Merchant was using farm equipment to move corn from a large mound at the Square A Farm in Lebanon when part of the pile broke off and buried him just prior to 5 p.m. Monday.
Other farm workers found Merchant unresponsive and dug him out. They called 911 and performed CPR until emergency responders arrived at the scene, at 1068 Trumbull Highway, and brought him to Windham Hospital, according to police.
Merchant, a resident of South Windham, was pronounced dead at the hospital at 5:20 p.m.
