A 51-year-old man died on his way to a hospital Saturday after an accident while he was operating a backhoe on his property on Jacksonville’s Westside near the Clay County border, police said.
Rescue workers responded to the scene in the 8600 block of County Road 217 about 11:30 a.m., said Tom Francis, spokesman for the Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department.
The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office was called to the property about 1 p.m. in response to an accidental death.