Overview
- Co-workers freed the man from the equipment before first responders arrived, and he was pronounced dead at the scene.
- Bourne Deputy Fire Chief Shawn Silva said firefighters did not perform a physical rescue because colleagues had already extricated him.
- The bog’s owner identified the machine as a bog sander used to spread sand and reported an apparent malfunction under investigation.
- The medical examiner removed the body late in the morning as authorities withheld the victim’s name pending notification.
- The incident occurred off County Road in Bourne’s Cataumet village, and investigators remained on scene collecting evidence.