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Man Dies In Monroe County Logging Accident
The Monroe County Sheriff’s Department still has not released the name of a man who died Friday afternoon in a logging accident.
Deputies were called out just after 12:30 Friday to a heavily wooded area in the Town of Leon. After spending quite a bit of time getting to where the accident happened, they found that a 38 year old man had fallen from a piece of logging machinery. The man was then ran over by the machine, killing him instantly.
Monroe County is still investigating the man’s death.