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Boone County coroner identifies man killed after truck he was working on fell on him

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UNION, Ky. — A 28-year-old man is dead after a truck bed fell on him in a Union, Ky. neighborhood Wednesday morning, according to the Boone County Sheriff's Office.

On Thursday, the Boone County Coroner's Office said the man killed is James McSwiney.

Boone County Sheriff's Office spokesperson Phillip Ridgell told WCPO that the man was working on a hydraulic line on the truck's bed when the line failed and the truck bed fell on the worker, killing him.

A WCPO crew on scene saw a large police and fire response, as well as officials with the Boone County Coroner's Office.

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