Man, 86, fatally pinned under tractor west of Brainerd

July 10, 2014 at 2:25AM

An 86-year-old man was fatally pinned under a tractor in a shed west of Brainerd, authorities said Wednesday.

Emergency responders found the man already dead shortly before 6 p.m. Tuesday in the shed at a residence in Sylvan Township, the Cass County Sheriff's Office said.

The tractor rolled backward and pinned the man, whose identity has yet to be released, the Sheriff's Office added.

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