A Virginia, Minn., man died Saturday afternoon after he tried to pull a vehicle out of a mud pit.
John Allen Irish, 32, was using a tow rope to remove the stuck off-road vehicle when a metal piece that secured the rope to one of the vehicles broke and struck him in the head, according to the St. Louis County Sheriff's Office.
He died at the scene about 2 p.m. The accident occurred in the 7800 block of Hill Road in Sandy Township.
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