LINCOLN, MADISON CO. -- Update
The Madison County Sheriff's Department says today's death at the county landfill appears accidental. Investigators say 30-year-old Vincent R. Unczur of Frankfort was in the process of dumping refuse from the rear hydraulic box of his ten wheel truck when the hydraulic box collapsed down on top of him. Investigators say another man rushed to Unczur's aid while a landfill worker called 911. The landfill employee used a backhoe bucket to raise the box and free Unczur.
Right now, it appears a mechanical failure is to blame. Unczur was employed with Feher Rubbish Removal of Utica, Inc.
The investigation is sitll continuing.
Earlier
A local landfill is closed after officials say a person died there Wednesday.
According to a news release from Madison County Administrator Paul Miller, the Madison County Landfill on Buyea Road in the Town of Lincoln is closed due to a fatal accident. The accident was called into 911 at 1:17 p.m.
Miller says the Madison County Sheriff's Department is investigating, but not further information is available at this time.
CNY Central has placed a call to the Sheriff's Department for an update, but no information has been released yet.
Miller says the landfill will resume normal business operations on Thursday.
