NORWAY TOWNSHIP, MI-- State Police from the Iron Mountain Post are investigating an accidental death in Norway Township.
Troopers responded Wednesday around 4:15 p.m. to a 911 call that a man was trapped underneath a riding lawn mower.
Officials say Melvin Miner, 71, was operating the mower at his home near the Menominee River when the machine slid off the river bank and flipped over. Miner became trapped under the mower in about two feet of water.
Lifesaving measures were performed, but Miner was pronounced dead at the scene.
Troopers were assisted by the Norway Police Department, Dickinson County Sheriff’s Department, the Department of Natural Resources, the Norway Fire Department, and North Alert.