Man Dies After Getting Trapped In New Roads Grain Silo

Authorities are continuing to investigate the death of a man who got trapped inside a grain silo in South Central Louisiana late Tuesday afternoon.

The incident happened at Beaud Farms in the Pointe Coupee Parish town of New Roads, rescuers unable to get to 47-year-old Bruciaga Martinez in time as he slipped deeper into the structure.

The migrant worker from Mexico, who had been working with his son, died at the scene.

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