A pair of Apple AirPods.Photo:Jaap Arriens/NurPhoto via Getty
Jaap Arriens/NurPhoto via Getty
A woman from Georgia has died after trying to retrieve her AirPod from under a conveyor while working on a shift.
According toNBC News, authorities said Alyssa Drinkard, 21, died after getting caught in a chain that moved the conveyor on Friday.
Per the outlet, according to an incident report from the Columbia County Sheriff’s Office, Drinkard’s coworker Fae’Zsha Smith told authorities that the 21-year-old was working a shift at a plant for Club Car — a company that manufactures electric and gas-powered golf carts — when her AirPod dropped at around 9:45 p.m. local time.
Per the incident report, Smith said she “was not able to get her out,” due to the way Drinkard was pinned. Her coworker said she then “called for maintenance to come and shut the machine down. They began taking it apart once the machine was down and called 911.”
A Club Car factory in Evans, Georgia.
Drinkard, of Grovetown, was then freed after the emergency services cut “the metal frame from around the conveyor,” and pulled her out.
According to NBC News, the incident report added that Drinkard still had a pulse when she was freed and life-saving measures were performed before she was taken to the hospital.
Drinkard was later pronounced dead at Doctors Hospital, per local media outletThe Augusta Press.
PEOPLE has contacted the Columbia County Sheriff’s Office for comment.
According to anobituaryon the Williams Funeral Home website, Drinkard died on Saturday.
“Miss Alyssa Drinkard entered into rest on Saturday, March 9, 2024,' the obituary read. “Memorial service will be held on Saturday, March 23, 2024 at 11 a.m. at B. A. Williams Memorial Chapel.”
A spokesperson for Club Car did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment on Thursday.
In a statement to The Augusta Press on Tuesday, Club Car confirmed that one of their workers had died after they “experienced a critical injury while working at our main manufacturing facility in Evans.”
source: people.com
