Body recovered from rice grain bin south of Brinkley

MONROE COUNTY, Ark. – Officials said a man has died after falling into a rice grain bin south of Brinkley on Monday.

The Pulaski County Office of Emergency Management, which assisted with the response, said a man became trapped inside a 40,000-bushel rice bin on Monday morning.

Officials said the incident happened at a grain operation on Highway 49, about three miles south of Brinkley on Gibbs Road.

Pulaski County OEM joined fire department crews on the scene, noting that five Pulaski County OEM personnel and 20 members of AR-TF1 assisted in the effort…

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