Vineyard worker killed in grape harvesting mishap

The man was picking grapes when he got caught in the machine A Napa vineyard worker was killed on Monday after he was pulled into an automatic grape picking machine, authorities said. The Napa County Sheriff’s Office identified the victim as Leon Marcelo Lua, 49, a Napa resident. Lua had been harvesting grapes at the Deconinck Vineyards of the Beaucanon Winery at the time of the accident. He was reportedly standing next to a tractor-like automatic harvester when a piece of his clothing got caught in the equipment and he was pulled in. He died on the […]