Emergency services say a man has died after being crushed by grapes
during the annual harvest in the central Spanish wine producing region
of Castilla-La Mancha.
A local rescue service center said Friday the man was pulled out of a
winery grape reception bay that he fell into the day before, just as a
truck unloaded 5.5 tons (5 metric tons) of grapes ready for crushing
into juice for winemaking.
Ambulance operators and firefighters tried to resuscitate the man —
identified only by his initials, A.O. — but he was declared dead just
before midnight Thursday.
With around 465,350 hectares (1,790 square miles) of vineyards,
Castilla-La Mancha is considered to have more land dedicated to grape
cultivation than any other region in the world.
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