SEDGWICK COUNTY—Sheriff's deputies investigating a fatal accident at a Kansas home have identified the victim as 51-year-old Shane V. Shafer of Wichita.
Just before 8:30p.m. deputies responded to a home accident with a person trapped at 1600 E. 87th Street South, according to Lt. Tim Myers.
At the scene, deputies discovered Shafer unconscious in the back yard of the residence.
Deputies learned Shafer and his two teenage sons were in the process of moving a large press brake from a flatbed trailer.
During this process, the press brake fell from the trailer pushing Shafer to the ground; crushing him beneath it.
Shafer’s sons and a neighbor were able to use jacks to lift the press brake up enough to remove him from underneath it prior to the deputies arrival.
Shafer suffered major trauma to his back and torso and was pronounced dead at the scene, according to Myers.
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SEDGWICK COUNTY—One person died in an accident Monday at a home in Sedgwick County.
Just before 8:30p.m. deputies responded to a home in the 1600 Block of 87th Street South, according to Sedgwick County Sheriff's Lt. Tim Myers.
Upon arrival, they located a 51-year-old man unconscious, suffering from major trauma to his back and torso after a large piece of equipment fell on him.
The man and two teenage sons were moving a press brake machine from a trailer when the equipment fell on top of the man. First responders lifted the equipment off the man but he was pronounced dead at the scene, according to Myers. The man's name has not been released.