Indiana teen dies when he falls into stump grinder

HARTFORD CITY, Ind. – Authorities say a central Indiana teenager was killed when he apparently stumbled while moving logs and fell into a hydraulic stump grinder.

The Blackford County coroner says Cody Bronnenberg was killed Saturday on a rural property near Hartford City, 80 miles northwest of Indianapolis.

Sheriff Jeff Sones tells The (Muncie) Star Press that Bronnenberg, of Yorktown, was working with his uncle, who runs a tree service company.

The sheriff says emergency crews found the teen tangled in the stump grinder and that he was dead when they arrived.

This story was originally published May 16, 2016 at 9:58 AM with the headline "Indiana teen dies when he falls into stump grinder."