Man Dies After Being Pinned Under Concrete Slab

Cover Image

GRAND BLANC TWP. (WWJ) - A Flint-area man has died after he was pinned under a slab of concrete.

Grand Blanc Township police say the 67-year-old man was working on a porch Tuesday morning and was trying to remove the concrete from a hole when it fell on him.

A police officer and others nearby jumped in the hole and got the concrete off the man. He was taken to Ascension Genesys Hospital but died a short time later.  

The death remains under investigation, but police say it was a tragic accident.

The man's name wasn't released.