Man reportedly pinned by overturned farm vehicle dies in Lincoln, Ont.

A man from Mexico has died following a serious farm vehicle rollover in the Town of Lincoln in Niagara early this morning.

Niagara Regional Police say emergency services were called to Fifteenth Street near Honsberger Avenue at 12:45 a.m. following reports of a rollover involving a Kubota farm vehicle.

Police say investigations revealed that three men were travelling in the Kubota when it turned into a driveway and rolled over, ejecting one occupant who was then pinned beneath the vehicle.

Bystanders were able to lift the vehicle off the man, but despite resuscitative efforts by paramedics, he was pronounced dead at the scene. Officials have not released further information on the victim.

The other two occupants of the vehicle were not injured.

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Police say Fifteenth Street was temporarily closed for the investigation but has since reopened. The cause of the rollover is still under investigation, with detectives from the NRPS Collision Reconstruction Unit, 8 District Detective Office, and the NRPS Forensics Services Unit involved in the case. The Ministry of Labour was also notified and was at the scene.

Anyone with information about the incident is asked to contact the investigating officers at 905-688-4111, option 3, extension 1009367.

Information can also be provided anonymously through Crime Stoppers of Niagara at 1-800-222-8477 or online.