Senior killed in Middleton excavator mishap

By News Staff

Posted Feb 5, 2014 03:16:10 PM.

This article is more than 5 years old.

A Nova Scotia man has been killed while using an excavator.

Emergency responders found the 69-year-old man dead Wednesday afternoon at a private property in Middleton.

The man was trapped between the bucket arm and the body of the excavator.

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