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Michigan farmer killed in tractor accident

Associated Press - June 9, 2009 7:04 PM ET

BUTMAN TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) - A farmer has been killed in a tractor accident in Gladwin County.

Sheriff's Detective Sgt. J. Cuddie said in a statement Tuesday that 52-year-old Diane Strobel was fatally crushed on her farm in Butman Township. It's about 50 miles north-northwest of Saginaw.

The Saginaw News reports Stanley Strobel called 911 after discovering his wife trapped under the tractor Thursday.

Information from: The Saginaw News, http://www.mlive.com/saginaw

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