URBANA, Ohio (AP) — Authorities say an Ohio man was under a field planter checking for a leak in an airline when equipment on the machinery apparently released, entrapping and killing him.
Deputy Erich Hopkins with the Champaign County Sheriff's Office said in a statement that 78-year-old Michael Russell was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident.
Authorities say the accident occurred in a field off U.S. 36 east of Urbana shortly before 2 p.m. Wednesday.
Deputies with the sheriff's office say their investigation is continuing.
