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Rural Kansas man dies in grain bin accident

Fatal accidentVALLEY FALLS (AP) — Jefferson County officials say a 58-year-old man died after apparently falling into a grain bin.

Sheriff Jeffrey Herrig says emergency crews were called Thursday afternoon to the farm of Mike Miller about 8 miles west of Valley Falls.

WIBW reports that Herrig says Miller fell into a grain bin and died before crews could rescue him.

Details of how Miller fell were not immediately available.

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