Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  I whakangaromia te whare o tētahi tokorua e tata ana ki te 30 tau, i muri i te hapa o tētahi kaimahi ahuwhenua ki te whakaheke i te 150 karetao diesel ki roto i to rātau rūma. I whakamataku a Brent Merriman rāua ko Michele Lowary i te wā i kōkirihia ai e te kaimahi o Pendleton Grain Growers te wahie ki tō rātau rūma i Pendleton, Oregon, i te mutunga o te tau kua hipa. Kua whakamahia e to ratou whenua te hinu whakawera i etahi tau ki muri, a kua pohehe te taraiwa mo te waahi ki te tuku i te diesel, i hua ai te hapa nui i te Noema 24, i kii te kaikorero a PGG i taua wa. I roto i ngā hēkona o te tūtukitanga, ka rere te hau diesel ki roto i te papa o te rūma, ā, ka whakangaromia ngā mea i roto i te rūma, i te wā i rere mai ai ngā paowa kaha, mōrearea ki te hau e karapoti ana i te whare. Ko Brent Merriman rāua ko Michele Lowary (i te pikitia tahi) i kaha ki te mātakitaki i tō rāua whare tata ki te 30 tau e whakangaromia ana i muri i te rironga o te 150 karetao diesel ki roto i tō rāua rūma. Kua wahia: I whakamataku te tokorua i te wa i pupuhihia ai e tetahi kaimahi o Pendleton Grain Growers te wahie ki roto i te papa o to ratau whare (i whakaahuahia i mua i te whakakorenga) i Pendleton, Oregon, i te mutunga o te tau kua hipa. Ko tetahi o nga ngeru o te tokorua, i mau ki roto i te diesel, i kawea ki te taote kararehe mo te awhina, i te wa i whakaritea ai e nga apiha nga ngongo hauora i roto i nga matapihi o te whare o raro, i kii te Union-Bulletin. I taua wā, i kī a Mr Merriman, 58, e āwangawanga ana ia mō te whare i riro i a ia mō ngā tau e 28, tērā pea me wahia e ia nā te rerenga, nāna hoki i āwangawanga mō te haumaru i runga i te pūkaha o te diesel. Na inaianei, kua whakatutukitia ona mataku i muri i tana whakamana me tana hoa ki te matakitaki i nga kaimahi i roto i nga miihini e rua e pakaru ana i to ratau kaainga aroha me te whakaheke i nga waahanga nui ki roto i te semitrailer. Ko Mr Merriman, e noho ana inaianei ki tētahi whare kei te taha o te huarahi me Ms Lowary, i kī atu ki te niupepa o Oregon ki te Rāwhiti, e rua ngā uta o ngā rauemi i whakakiia i te Rāhoroi, te rā tuatahi o te whakangaromanga. Ka pāngia: Ko tētahi o ngā ngeru o te tokorua (e whakaarohia ana ko te mea i whakaahuatia),...
Kua wahia te whare aroha o Brent Merriman rāua ko Michele Lowary. I ringihia e tētahi kaimahi ahuwhenua te 150 karetao wahie ki roto i te rūma. I uru atu te hau diesel ki roto i te papa, i pā ki to rātau ngeru, ā, i mahue he hau kaha i roto i te hau. I whakamahia e te whare o te tokorua te hinu whakawera i etahi tau ki muri, e ai ki te kaikorero o te koporeihana. I pōhēhē te kaihautū ki te wāhi hei tuku hinu diesel, nā reira he hapa nui te utu Ko te kamupene inihua o Pendleton e utu ana mō te whakakorenga me te hanga anō.