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Man crushed to death in Arizona after tractor accident

Neighbors and deputies found the man partially pinned underneath the tractor.

YAVAPAI COUNTY, Ariz. — A man has died after an apparent "freak accident" involving a tractor on a property in Yavapai County, officials said.

Deputies were called out to Rimrock on March 17 after neighbors reported finding a deceased man pinned underneath a tractor. The neighbors had not been able to make contact with the man by phone for some time before he was found partially beneath the tractor's rear tire. 

The sheriff's office said the tractor was found pinned up against a fence on the side of the residence. Tools were located on the ground, suggesting the deceased man had been working on the tractor when the incident occurred.

The deceased man's identity was not disclosed.

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