BUCKLEY, Ill. (AP) — Police in a Northern Illinois community say a Nashville Illinois man’s body was found inside a tanker filled with gas after two truck
drivers noticed the fuel was not flowing smoothly during unloading.
Iroquois County Coroner Bill Cheatum tells WCIA-TV that the drivers were trying to unload the tanker Friday at a gas transfer hub in Iroquois County when they found the body after opening the tanker to determine why the fuel wasn’t flowing smoothly.
WICS-TV reports that Illinois State Police identified the dead man as 29-year-old Garrett Mayer of Nashville, Illinois.
An autopsy was conducted Saturday, and toxicology results are pending. The Iroquois County Sheriff’s Office is investigating Mayer’s death.
