GUILDHALL — A man from Guildhall was tragically killed on Thursday after being crushed by the body of a dump truck.
The victim has been identified by police as 73-year-old Richard Martin.
Police say they received a call at approximately 1:34 p.m. regarding a male discovered deceased at the Martin Farm.
Detectives with the Vermont State Police Bureau of Criminal Investigation responded to investigate.
Detectives say that Martin was working on a dump truck in the yard of the farm with the dump body in the up position.
While working on the truck the dump body fell, crushing his stomach area and back between the frame and bottom of the dump body.
A worker on the farm says he saw Martin 15 minutes prior to the accident walking around the truck.
When the worker noticed the dump body had fallen onto Martin he immediately called 911 and used an excavator to lift the dump body off Martin.
He was pronounced deceased at the scene.
The cause of death was determined to be accidental.
What a great guy….the best!