Lynchburg police identify victim in fatal industrial accident

Here’s the press release from the Lynchburg Police Department: On August 10, 2016 at approximately 2105 hours officers of the Lynchburg Police Department were dispatched to #10 Adams St (U.S. Pipe) in reference to an apparent industrial accident. When Officers arrived on the scene they found a b/m victim identified as Jesse James Horsley, 56, of Lynchburg, VA who had been entrapped by some falling scrap metal. Lynchburg Fire Department medics responded and pronounced him dead at the scene. The victim was transported to the Medical Examiner’s Office in Roanoke, VA to determine cause of death.  No foul play is suspected. Anyone with information on this incident is asked to call the Lynchburg Police Department at 455-6054 or Central Virginia Crime Stoppers at 1-888-798-5900