CLARE, Mich. (AP) - Authorities say a 19-year-old Amish man who died while working on a mid-Michigan farm was accidentally electrocuted.
MLive.com reports Alvin James Yoder was trying to clear out an area of a grain bin with a metal pole Aug. 5 when the pole came into contact with an overhead power lines. Clare County Undersheriff Dwayne Miedzianowski says Yoder died of his injuries.
The accident took place on a farm near Clare, about 130 miles (209 kilometers) northwest of Detroit.
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Information from: The Grand Rapids Press:MLive.com, https://www.mlive.com
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