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Man Crushed To Death In Macomb County Industrial Accident

SHELBY TWP. (WWJ) - Police are investigating after a 23-year-old man was killed in an industrial accident in Macomb County.

The incident happened around 6 a.m. Wednesday at Colonial Plastics Inc. on Filomena Drive, near 23 Mile and Schoenherr Road in Shelby Township.

According to police, the man was trying to clear an obstruction in a stamping press when the machine cycled to stamp a part, crushing him in the process. The man is from Washington Township, although his name was not immediately released.

Other circumstances surrounding the incident are unknown.

An investigation is ongoing.

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