Two men were overcome while cleaning out a storage tank at a road construction business in Orleans County late Tuesday morning. One of them has died, while the other is being treated at Strong Memorial Hospital.
The Orleans County Sheriff’s Office says the two men were cleaning out the tank with water at Millenium Roads in Lyndonville when they fell unconscious. Investigators believe they were overcome by something in the tank, and the Department of Environmental Conservation is looking into what the tank may have contained.
They say 19-year-old Keegan Bayne was pronounced dead at the scene. 35-year-old Chase Johnson was airlifted to Strong and is recovering.