Monday, May 3, 2010

Body found in Shelburne County


An autopsy is planned for a body that was found last week in the Brier Hill Road area of Welchtown in Shelburne County.

On Friday, April 30th around one in the afternoon, two people were fishing when they discovered the body of a 78-year-old resident of Newelton in a the box of his pick up truck under an ATV.

The RCMP suspect he was either in the process of removing the ATV from the truck or loading it back on when he became trapped underneath.

The Medical Examiners office will be conducting an autopsy to determine the exact cause of death.