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  • Farmer killed by rolling ute

    06/17/2005 8:11:08 AM PDT · by sully777 · 28 replies · 966+ views
    A 73-year-old Victorian farmer was killed when his ute rolled over his head as he tried to retrieve a load of strawberries. Police believe the man walked behind the vehicle to pick up some of the fruit that fell from a tray. The accident happened near the corner of Wonga and Warranwood roads at Warranwood, near the Melbourne suburb of Ringwood, shortly before noon (AEST). When he got out to pick up the strawberries, the ute rolled backwards over him, a Metropolitan Ambulance Service (MAS) spokeswoman said. "Our paramedics arrived and tried to revive him, but unfortunately he died at...