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Funeral arrangements made for grain bin victims

MOUNT CARROLL (WREX) - Memorial services for the two teens killed in a grain bin accident have been finalized.

Visitation for Wyatt Whitebread is today from 3:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at Frank-Law-Jones Funeral Home. A private funeral will be held Saturday. Memorials may be given in honor of Wyatt for the Carroll County Long Spurs Trap Shooting Team.

Visitation will be held for Alejandro "Alex" Pacas, 19, on Saturday from 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at Frank-Law-Jones Funeral Home, Rt. 64 & East Street in Mt. Carroll. A Rosary Service will be held at 3:30 p.m. prior to the visitation at the funeral home. A mass of Catholic Burial will be held at a later date.

Pacas and Whitebread died in a grain bin accident Wednesday morning at the Consolidated Grain and Barge Company, 10650 Mill Road in Mt. Carroll. They worked for Haafbach, LLC, which owns the grain bin.

William "Will" Piper, 20, was injured in the accident. He was flown to OSF Saint Anthony Medical Center Wednesday and was released from the hospital Friday morning.

OSHA is handling the first part of the investigation and says investigators found no safety program at the grain bin and Wyatt Whitebread was illegally working there because of his age.

The Carroll County Sheriff's Department and Carroll County Coroner's Office will do their investigations next week.