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Norfolk, Neb. man dies in grain pit
STANTON, Neb. (AP) _ A Norfolk man has died from exposure to unknown gasses in an underground grain pit in Stanton. Stanton County Sheriff Mike Unger says 67-year-old Donald Stodola was found dead Friday inside the grain pit at the Stanton Co-Op. Unger says authorities believe a toxic gas accumulated inside the enclosed pit, killing Stodola and sickening another employee, 58-year-old Gary Carson. Carson was found semiconscious and was taken to a Norfolk hospital in critical condition. Unger says an autopsy will be conducted Saturday in Omaha on Stodola's body. Federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration are investigating.

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