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Posey County EMS responded to a call last Tuesday morning when a woman fell from a grain elevator.
Linda Denning, 64, who lived on Bonebank Road in rural Posey County, fell 15 feet and sustained fatal injuries.
When EMS arrived at the scene at approximately 9:16 a.m., Denning was still alive but she was unconscious according to EMS Director Chuck Thompson.
At that time, paramedics believed she had broken ribs. She also sustained multiple scrapes and cuts from the fall. EMS then called for airlift support.
Denning was transported to Deaconess Hospital, and she reportedly got worse on the flight to the hospital.
She was pronounced dead at 12:41 p.m. Tuesday afternoon.
According to the coroner’s report, she died from multiple blunt force trauma injuries to the chest and cardiac arrhythmia as a result of the fall.
Denning was helping move a grain elevator when she lost her grip.
No autopsy was deemed necessary by the Vanderburgh County coroner who ruled the death an accident.
“This was a wonderful, church going family. She was a great wife, mother and grandmother. This was truly a tragic accident,” said Posey Sheriff Jim Folz.