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Emergency services pull man from silo in South Australia

A man has died after reportedly becoming trapped in a silo.

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A man has died in a tragic workplace incident after reportedly becoming trapped in a silo.

Emergency services, including paramedics, police and Country Fire Service crews, rushed to a property at Salt Creek in South Australia’s southeast about 4.15pm on Friday.

Salt Creek is about 210km southeast of Adelaide in South Australia. Picture: Google Maps
Salt Creek is about 210km southeast of Adelaide in South Australia. Picture: Google Maps

“A 63-year-old man from Salt Creek died at the scene,” the police said on Friday evening.

SafeWork SA are attending the site and will be conducting an investigation.

Police will prepare a report for the Coroner.

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Duncan Evans
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Duncan Evans is a reporter for News Corp’s NewsWire service, based in Adelaide. Before NewsWire, he worked as a resources and politics reporter for The Daily Mercury in Mackay, Queensland and as a reporter at CQ Today, an independent newspaper based in Rockhampton. He was raised in Emerald and Brisbane and studied English Literature and American Studies at the University of Sydney. He began his career in journalism working for the Jakarta Post in Indonesia for over two years as an editor, translator and writer. He is fluent in Indonesian.

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