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Man dies in Shelby County tractor accident

FAIRLAND, Ind. (WISH) – The Indiana State Police responded with the Shelby County Sheriff’s Department to an overturned farm tractor accident on Tuesday.

Police said that when they arrived that they found Joseph Stenger, 34, of Fountaintown pinned underneath a tractor.

Police stated that Stenger was on private property using a tractor and bush hog when the tractor overturned.

Stenger was pronounced dead at the scene.