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Muncy Target employee found dead in store; death ruled accidental

PENNSDALE – A young female employee at Target, 170 South Lycoming Mall Road, was found dead inside the store early Saturday morning pinned between a manlift she had been operating and the frame to an interior door, Lycoming County Coroner Charles E. Kiessling Jr. said Monday.

State police termed the death accidental and identified the woman as

Brianna Burley-Inners, 26, of South Williamsport, according to a news release.

“She was last seen about 11:30 p.m. Friday by her co-workers. At midnight, as employees were clocking out, the closing lead employee radioed Burley-Inners to ask her if she was on her way (to check out),” police said.

When there was no response, the employees went to check on her, police said.

“She was then found hunched over a manlift with her body caught between the manlift and a door frame-wall,” the release said.

One of the employees immediately called 911 about 12:10 a.m.

Coworkers manually overroad the manlift to lower the woman so they could start performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation on her, police said.

Pennnsdale volunteer firefighters and UPMC paramedics arrived, but efforts to revive Burley-Inners were unsuccessful.

The woman was using the lift near the pharmacy to clean the lenses of security cameras near the celing, Kiessling said his office was told.

Somehow she became pinned between the piece of equipment and the door frame, Kiessling said. The accident was not witnessed by any other employees in the store, which was closed at the time, Kiessling said.

Police said in the news release “it was unclear how the incident occurred. There were no signs of suspicious activity.”

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