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Man airlifted to hospital following grain bin rescue in Montgomery Co.

OHLMAN, Ill. (WCIA) — A man was airlifted to a hospital after an hour-long rescue to free him from a grain bin in Montgomery County Tuesday evening.

At approximately 6 p.m., members of the Nokomis Area Fire Protection District were notified of an individual trapped in a grain bin at Illinois Route 16 and Ohlman Road in Ohlman. The responding units located a trapped man who was surrounded by corn and could not get himself out.

Other people on scene tried to extricate the man but were unable to do so.

After approximately an hour and a half of moving grain through relief cuts in the bin, the man was removed and transferred to the Nokomis Witt Area Ambulance Service. Then, the man was airlifted to a nearby hospital.

No emergency responders were injured during the rescue, but the condition of the victim is unknown at this time.

Nokomis Are Fire Protection Chief, Michael Smalley, initiated the mutual aid response. The following agencies responded to assist at the scene:

  • Witt Fire Department
  • Pana Fire Department
  • Fillmore Fire Protection District
  • Farmersville-Waggoner Fire Protection District
  • Nokomis-Witt Area Fire Protection District
  • Air Methods Helicopter
  • Illinois Department of Natural Resources Officer
  • Nokomis Police Department
  • Montgomery County EMA
  • Springfield Fire Department’s Technical Rescue Team
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