A 41-year-old man from the Croswell area died from injuries after being hit by a payloader while working at a Michigan sugar company on Tuesday, Nov. 4, according to police.

At approximately 6:08 p.m., Croswell police responded to reports of a worker struck by a payloader — a heavy-duty wheeled piece of machinery with a large, movable bucket — at the workplace in the small city near the east coast of Michigan's thumb, according to a post by the Croswell Police Department on Facebook .

Emergency personnel attempted life-saving measures, and the man died from severe injuries, according to police.

A statement from Michigan Sugar sent to the Free Press on Wednesday, Nov. 5, afternoon said the employee was working in the Croswell Agriculture Department when he was killed in a workplace acc

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