WATERLOO TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) - Authorities say a farmer working on a manure spreader has died after being caught in an auger.
It’s the second recent death of a Michigan farmer caught in an auger.
The Jackson County sheriff’s office identified the victim as 63-year-old Rex Hannewald of Waterloo Township. The accident occurred Wednesday. The man’s injures were too severe for treatment.
A 42-year-old man died last week in Montcalm County while drilling holes to relieve flooding from melting snow. His clothes were snagged in an auger.
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