71-year-old man dies after becoming trapped in chicken litt…

Sports in agricultural, Alabama: Jehu Hester, a 71-year-old Russellville man and chicken litter broker, died in an agricultural accident at a poultry farm on County Road 136 in Lawrence County. He had been missing since Tuesday night after his truck was found running but unattended, and farm workers discovered him the following morning trapped in a chicken litter elevator. First responders arrived to find the incident had become a recovery operation. The Lawrence County Coroner ruled the death accidental, with cause of death listed as blunt force body trauma.