By Associated Press - Sunday, August 27, 2017

LAKE ODESSA, Mich. (AP) - Police say was a man found dead in a western Michigan drainage ditch after a tractor crash.

The Ionia County Sheriff’s Office says emergency crews were called Saturday night to a rural area near the village of Lake Odessa after family members found the overturned tractor.

Emergency workers pronounced the 59-year-old man dead at scene about 30 miles east of Grand Rapids.



Officials say the crash remained under investigation but that it appeared accidental.

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