Jack Grisby of Lawrenceburg, Indiana, was engaged in storing pumpkins in the loft of his barn and his 5-year-old girl was standing near by watching him. A large pumpkin weighing about thirty pounds, rolled from the loft and, falling, struck the girl in her upturned face, breaking her back and causing instant death.
How awful! This wasn’t the first time such a tragedy was reported, however. Current giant “champion” pumpkins weigh over 1600 pounds.
Lawrenceburg is best known now for its “riverboat” casinos, although Seagram’s whiskey once had a large distillery there (since threatened with closing and sold).
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