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DEATH INVESTIGATION

Worker dies after being trapped in machinery in Sparta Township

Responding police officers immediately began providing care to the man before he suffered a medical emergency while waiting to be taken to the hospital.

Kaiden Keitt

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Oct 10, 2026, 6:10 PM

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A 40-year-old man had died after becoming trapped in industrial equipment at a manufacturing and distribution plant in Sparta Township on Saturday, authorities said.

The incident happened at a facility on Houses Corner Road.

Responding police officers immediately began providing care to the man before he suffered a medical emergency while waiting to be taken to the hospital.

He was taken to Newton Medical Center, where he later died.

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