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DOUBLE TRAGEDY

Worker killed after getting trapped in BREAD MACHINE for an hour just days after woman, 22, died in similar accident

A WOMAN has died after getting stuck in a bread machine for an hour - just days after another deadly accident.

This is the second time a worker has died while operating machinery within weeks in just one state.

Virginia López Severiano
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Virginia López Severiano died while cleaning an industrial bread machine at a market in North CarolinaCredit: Facebook
Bibiana Arellano Delabra, 22, died while also operating an industrial bread machine in North Carolina recently.
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Bibiana Arellano Delabra, 22, died while also operating an industrial bread machine in North Carolina recently.Credit: Facebook/Bibiana Arellano Delabra

Virginia López Severiano, 44, died while cleaning an industrial bread machine at the Azteca Market in Selma, North Carolina on Tuesday.

Half of her body became trapped in the machine, according to the .

First responders arrived on the scene and spent almost 90 minutes trying to free Lopez-Severiano.

A statement obtained by an stated that the Selma Fire Department basically took the machine apart in order to get the woman out.

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Fire Chief, Phillip McDaniel, told an in North Carolina that small tools were used in order to free the woman.

The machine appeared to be on while she was cleaning it, according to McDaniel.

Once freed, López Severiano was airlifted to Duke University Hospital so doctors could operate on her arm.

López Severiano died from her injuries overnight.

López Severiano's daughter confirmed the news on Facebook to confirm the news and honor her mother.

Miriam Amado-Lopez remembered her mother as “kind, funny, silly, hard-working, beautiful, a provider, a nurturer and the backbone of our family," according to the New York Post.

“My mom is the best mother a girl could have. She taught me resilience, the importance of hard work, and she showed me what true love felt like. From a young age my mom did not have the easiest life," Miriam Amado-Lopez said on the post.

A was created to support the family and has already passed its goal of $5,000.

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The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is investing this incident. They are also investing the death of a 22-year-old who died while operating a bread machine.

A representative from the market did not comment.

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