COUDERSPORT,
PA : A Genesee man died in Allegany Township on Saturday, September 2, 2017
Coudersport, Pennsylvania
A Genesee man died Saturday in Allegany Township when the tractor he was operating rolled over on him.
Wallace Jerome Copley, 77, of Genesee, was pronounced dead at the scene by Deputy Coroner Kenneth J. Wingo, Coudersport-based state police reported.
According to police, they received a call at 3:38 p.m. Saturday from Tioga County 911 about a tractor accident on Ben Green Road in Potter County.
At the scene, Coudersport police determined that Copley had been operating a John Deere 4120 tractor with a front-end loader on an overgrown logging trail a quarter mile south of Ben Green Road. Copley was clearing the trail and pushing brush back over the bank with the front bucket as he traveled north towards the road.
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Genesee man dies in tractor accident