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Arizona Man Run Over By Truck Near Litchfield

Mon, 05 Sep 2011 07:55:11 CDT
(Litchfield)--An Arizona truck driver is dead after he was run over by his own truck Sunday morning near Litchfield. According to Illinois State Police, John Yarian of Apache Junction, Arizona pulled his truck off the interstate to check on a mechanical problem.

Yarian reportedly failed to completely set the truck into park. The vehicle ran Yarian over, who was pronounced dead at the scene by the Montgomery County Coroner's Office.