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Man in his 80s dies in grain silo fall

Emergency crews cut open structure in bid to save Ormskirk farmer

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Emergency services were called to a farm near Ormskirk but sadly the man died at the scene
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Emergency services were called to a farm near Ormskirk but sadly the man died at the scene

A man in his 80s has died after falling into a grain silo on a farm in Lancashire. Members of the emergency services attempted to cut open the structure in a bid to save the man, named locally as John,...

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