71-year-old chicken litter broker dies in elevator accident…

Workplace Accident Lawrence Alabama in Lawrence, Alabama: A 71-year-old Russellville man, Jehu Hester, was found dead in a chicken litter elevator at a poultry farm on County Road 136 in Lawrence County, Alabama. Emergency crews responded to a report of someone trapped in the elevator, but the incident had become a recovery operation by the time they arrived. Hester had been missing since Tuesday night after his truck was found running but unattended, and farm workers discovered him the following morning before calling 911. The Lawrence County Coroner ruled the death accidental, caused by blunt force body trauma, noting the powerful elevator can pull a person in if loose clothing gets caught.