By Associated Press - Thursday, August 2, 2018

LUXEMBURG TOWNSHIP, Minn. (AP) - A Watkins man has died after he was pinned underneath a semitrailer truck.

The Stearns County Sheriff’s Office says 54-year-old Joseph Pauly was working under the semi about 5 p.m. Wednesday when it fell off a hydraulic jack and pinned him. Family members discovered Pauly and called 911.

Emergency crews arrived to find Pauly had died at the scene.



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