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Fatal riding mower rollover in Mapleton Township

A man from the Moorefield area has died in a riding lawnmower rollover.

Emergency responders were called to a property on Concession 6 of Mapleton Township around 8 p.m. on Saturday.

A 911 call indicated that a man had suffered serious injuries when the riding-mower he was operating rolled over on him on a steep embankment of a ditch.

51-year-old Stanley Arthur Elliott was pronounced dead at the scene.

The OPP, as well as Mapleton Fire Department and Guelph-Wellington Paramedics Services, attended the scene.

 

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