Three people are dead after a farm accident on Wednesday morning in Penns Valley.
According to the Centre County Coroner’s Office, 47-year-old Andrew Beiler and his 19-year-old and a 14-year-old sons died after being trapped in a silo on an Amish farm at 2926 Lower Brush Valley Road in Potter Township. Each died as a result of asphyxiation due to gasses in the silo. They were pronounced dead at the scene and their deaths were ruled accidental.
Four accidental deaths now have occurred at the same farm this year. A 16-year-old boy died in March after getting trapped under a manure spreader at the farm.
Emergency responders were dispatched to the scene at about 7 a.m. on Wednesday. Centre Hall, Centre Hall, Miles Township, Alpha, Logan and Undine fire companies, Penns Valley and Centre LifeLink EMS and state police at Rockview assisted.
A spokesperson for the Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration said the agency is not investigating because the farm has no employees.
