Sanborn, IA (KICD) — A 71-year-old Sanborn man suffered serious injuries in a grain bin accident earlier this month.

The O’Brien County Sheriff’s Department released new information Thursday, saying that emergency personnel received a 9-1-1 call to an unknown emergency at 3317 Pierce Avenue, three miles West of town. It was determined that Bryon Storm had been caught in an auger but had freed himself before rescuers arrived. He was transported by ambulance to the hospital in Sheldon and airlifted to Sanford in Sioux Falls.

Sanborn Fire and Sheldon Ambulance assisted on the scene.