OPP say 27 year old man dead after farming accident in Essex County

ESSEX COUNTY, Ont. – Provincial police say a man is dead after a tractor fell on him in southwestern Ontario.

OPP say they were called to a farm in Essex County on Tuesday around 9:30 p.m. They say a man was found under the rear tire of a hay baler.

Police say they man was rushed to hospital where he was pronounced dead.

He has been identified as a 27-year-old man from Amherstburg, Ont.

Police are calling the incident an accident and they say the Ministry of Labour has been notified.

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