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Authorities: Michigan Man Dies After Being Pinned Under Jeep

CASEVILLE TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) - Authorities say a 20-year-old man has died after being pinned underneath a vehicle he was working on in Huron County.

The sheriff's department says Pete Falkenberg was found dead Sunday afternoon in the garage of a home in Caseville Township after a Jeep slipped off a jack.

The department says Falkenberg was found by a brother who immediately jacked up the Jeep to free him.

An autopsy is planned.

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