CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — The 37-year-old man killed in a grain elevator collapse Tuesday was identified on Wednesday.
Bee County Sheriff's Office Chief Deputy Ronnie Jones said Sergio "Jason" Alvarez is the grain elevator worker whose body was recovered shortly after 7 p.m.
Ben Mengers and Andres Martinez are the men who were injured in the incident.
The collapse in the Tynan area sent two people to the hospital with injuries Tuesday after two grain silos ruptured and reportedly collapsed onto two 18-wheelers and another vehicle.
First responders took one person to CHRISTUS Spohn Hospital-Shoreline by ambulance, and another person to the hospital by HALO-Flight.
The status of their injuries is currently unknown.
First responders came as far away as Bee County, San Patricio, Tynan, Beeville, Alice, Skidmore, Orange Grove, Pettus, Corpus Christi, Refugio, Normanna, Sweeney Switch, George West, Lagarto, Sandia, Mathis, to assist with the collapse.
Department of Public Safety Public Information Sgt. Harold Mallory said there were more than 34 state troopers on the scene.
"Texas Parks and Wildlife Game Wardens were on scene helping in the search, massive team effort, working as fast as they could as hard as they could to make sure everyone was accounted for," Mallory said.
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