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Two men died after falling into a manure tanker at a farm in upstate New York on Thursday, and the incident is under investigation, according to reports. The Kirkland Police Department and the Oneida County Sheriff’s Department responded to Champion Farms in the town of Kirkland in Central New York shortly after 11 a.m. Thursday after a farm employee called 911 for help. According to police, one of the men had tried to retrieve a piece of equipment that had fallen into the tanker. “When the male went to retrieve the equipment, he passed out and fell inside of the tanker,” police told WKTV-TV. …

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