Witnesses say the loader was rolling backward down the road before going into a ditch

Witnesses say the loader was rolling backward down the road before going into a ditch

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Witnesses say the loader was rolling backward down the road before going into a ditch

A Northport man died Tuesday night when the front-end loader he was driving overturned.

The Waldo County Sheriff's Office and Northport firefighters were called to Atlantic Highway at about 7 p.m.

Deputies say Scotty Richards, 62, was driving the loader along the road. Witnesses reported seeing the loader rolling backward down the road before it went off the side and rolled over into a ditch.

Richards was thrown from the loader and died as a result of his injuries.

It took several wrecker crews to remove the loader and help clear the scene.

The cause of the crash remained under investigation Wednesday morning.

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