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Man dies after tractor rolls in ditch

Victim is 74-year-old Coopersville man

Updated: Sunday, 24 Jun 2012, 1:02 PM EDT
Published : Saturday, 23 Jun 2012, 6:42 PM EDT

WRIGHT TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WOOD) - A 74 year-old Coopersville man is dead after the tractor he was using Saturday morning rolled and pinned him causing injuries.

The incident happened about 10:30 a.m. in Wright Township.

The victim, 74-year-old Donald Lowing, was clearing weeds in a ditch along the 4300 block of Cleveland Avenue in Wright Township. Lowing jumped off the tractor to clear some weeds when the tractor, which had a scoop bucket mounted on the front, rolled forward.

The tractor's scoop bucket pinned the victim in a ditch and gave Lowing traumatic head and upper torso injuries.

Lowing was pronounced dead at the scene.

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