Coroner: Worker dies in accident at quarry

BATESVILLE, Ark.-Authorities say a worker was killed when a piece of heavy equipment fell on top of him in Batesville.

Independence County Coroner Wesley Gay says the accident happened Monday at a quarry along Arkansas 25. Billy Cude, 62, died when a piece of equipment used to move rocks fell on him and pinned him underneath, Gay said. Cude was pronounced dead at the scene.

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