Machine crushes worker to death

NORMANDY, Mo. -- A man who worked at a St. Louis County second-hand clothing store was crushed by a compacting machine while he was bundling clothes, Normandy police chief John Connolly said. The accident Wednesday killed Louis Crigler III, 34. Crigler was working at Value Village bundling clothing that was no longer for sale.

Co-workers found Crigler, who suffered head injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene.

Crigler had worked at the store for about four years. Connolly said Crigler regularly used the compacting machine to bundle discarded clothing for sale to a rag company. He said the death appeared to be an accident.