Nearly every emergency provider in Anderson County, Kansas, helped save the life of a man whose leg was caught in an auger in a grain cart Tuesday morning.

The Anderson County Communications Center got a call at 11:35 a.m. that a person was trapped in a grain cart west of Garnett, according to a Facebook post from the sheriffs office.

This incident highlights the importance of rapid and accurate information flow, Chelsey DAlbini, Anderson County Communications Center director, said in a Facebook post. Our dispatchers coordinated multiple agencies, requested the air ambulance, and ensured resources were mobilized quickly. That early coordination was a critical link in the chain of survival.

The sheriffs department, Anderson County EMS and Garnett Rescue were sent to the scene. Anderson C

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