Pennsylvania

Tractor Pins, Kills Pennsylvania Man, 81

An 81-year-old man died after being pinned under his tractor in the Lehigh Valley.

Richard Matthias was working on his property along Hideaway Drive in Lynn Township, Pennsylvania when his tractor rolled over and pinned him around noon Monday, said the Lehigh County Coroner’s Office.

Doctors at Lehigh Valley Hospital, Cedar Crest declared Matthias dead about four hours later.

The coroner ruled the death an accident caused by traumatic injuries suffered in the tractor rollover.

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