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Michigan farm worker hurt when water tank falls

May 21, 2011

ROBINSON TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — A wooden platform collapsed at a West Michigan farm, dropping a 400-gallon water tank on top of a man working in a blueberry field.

Gregorio Rojas was critically hurt in Friday's incident.

The 67-year-old Robinson Township resident was unresponsive when authorities arrived at the Ottawa County farm.

Police tell The Grand Press the farm's owner had removed the debris that was on top of Rojas.

WHTC-AM in Holland reports Rojas was taken to Spectrum Health-Butterworth Hospital in Grand Rapids. A message seeking comment on Rojas' condition was left Saturday by The Associated Press for a Spectrum Health spokesman.

It wasn't immediately clear how much water was in the tank when it fell on Rojas and trapped him underneath it.

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