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Victim Buried Alive by Sugar, Coroner Says

A 50-year-old New Jersey man was killed by sugar during an industrial accident in Falls Township on Monday, officials said.

Janio Salinas Valerda was buried alive Monday afternoon after several tons of processed sugar engulfed him inside a hopper at CSC Sugar on Roebling Road at the old U.S. Steel site in Falls Township, officials said. Bucks County Coroner Dr. Joseph Campbell ruled the 50-year-old Edgewater Park, N.J. resident’s cause of death as asphyxiation after a late Tuesday evening autopsy. Investigators said Valerda used a lift to get in the narrow bottom of the large hopper to try to clear a clog when sugar began to pour in. Campbell said the victim tried, yet was unable to escape before being buried in a “bin as big as a room.” Workers at the facility noticed Valerda was missing for nearly an hour and became concerned when they saw the empty lift, the…

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DJ

11:36 am on Monday, March 4, 2013

Seriously, considering this is still so Sugar in the Raw.   more ›

Worker Dead at Falls Sugar Facility

A man was killed after an apparent industrial accident in Falls Township.

A man was killed Monday afternoon at the CSC Sugar processing facility on Roebling Road at the old U.S. Steel site in Falls Township. The man, whose name and age has not been released, was missing for an extended period of time before he was found in a large hopper, according to scanner reports. A emergency service source said the victim was found dead and firefighters were working to try to recover the body. Employees of the facility notified 911 of the incident just after 2:30 p.m. and crews were on-scene minutes after. Video shot by television news helicopters over the scene, which is situated in an area closed to the public, showed various fire and police vehicles at the CSC facility.

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Tom Sofield

9:43 am on Wednesday, February 27, 2013

Here's an update: http://levittown.patch.com/articles/coroner-says-victim-burried-alive-by-sugar   more ›