A 61-year-old man from Austin is dead after a collision resulted in an auger landing on him.
Yesterday at 5:00 p.m., officers from the Amaranth RCMP received a report of a collision at a farm site located approximately six kilometres north of Highway 16 on Provincial Road 242 in the RM of Portage La Prairie.
A tractor operated by a 59-year-old man from the RM of North Norfolk was pulling a grain auger when it collided with low-hanging branches and fell over on its side.
The auger ended up landing on a 61-year-old man from Austin, who was assisting in the site-to-site transfer of the auger.
The 61-year-old man was pronounced deceased at the scene.
Amaranth RCMP and Manitoba Workplace Safety and Health continue to investigate.
