Police ID worker killed in North Miami Beach grocery store accident involving dough-mixing machine

NORTH MIAMI BEACH, Fla. — North Miami Beach police on Saturday identified a 71-year-old man who died in a freak accident early Friday morning involving a bread-mixing machine at a local grocery store.

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It happened at the South Florida Kosher Market, located at 1324 NE 163rd St.

Police said Mordehay Grunberger, a longtime employee of the store, was killed after getting caught in a bread-mixing industrial machine at the business.

The case is still under investigation, but police confirmed that there is no evidence of foul play and Grunberger’s death appears to be accidental.

No other details were immediately released.

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