Southern Virginia is famous for a few things. Shipbuilding, military bases, and peanut farming. Calvin Branch worked at a peanut warehouse and was crushed to death when he was buried under a massive pile of peanuts. What a messed up way to go.

From the Daily Press here:

Investigators are looking into the death of a peanut factory worker discovered beneath a pile of peanuts.

Calvin W. Branch, 42, of Boykins, worked at the Severn Peanut Company. He was found buried Tuesday under a large pile of peanuts in the plant’s warehouse. Branch was pronounced dead at the scene.

Branch’s co-workers had reported him missing about noon Tuesday. Local fire department workers and sheriff’s investigators found him about two hours later in the warehouse, where peanuts are funneled in loose piles and later pumped out into trucks.

Investigators still did not know what killed Branch or how he ended up under the pile of peanuts but that there was no indication of foul play.

Police have already ruled out dapper dressed Legumes with tophats and monacles.


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