CHAPPELL, Neb. (AP) — Authorities in western Nebraska say a 13-year-old boy has died in a fall from atop a grain bin.
The Deuel County Sheriff’s Office says the accident happened Sunday in Chappell, on the southern edge of the Nebraska Panhandle.
Deputies and medics were called around 7 a.m. to the Frenchman Valley Coop for a report of an accident and found 13-year-old Casey Fox on the ground and unresponsive.
An investigation determined he died of injuries sustained after he climbed a large grain bin and fell off.