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Man Killed in Accident on Family Farm

By: Associated Press
Posted: Thu 12:24 PM, Jul 05, 2012

A 21-year-old York man has died after he was caught in a piece of grain-bin machinery on his family's farm.

Tyler Grotz died on Tuesday.

York Fire Chief Kevin Stuhr says Grotz got caught in a sweep auger while getting grain out of a bin. Rescue workers were dispatched to the family farm southwest of York just before 8 p.m., but Grotz was pronounced dead at the scene.

Family members have scheduled a visitation from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. Saturday. Funeral services are scheduled for 11 a.m. Saturday on the main floor of the York City Auditorium.


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