Blown Dead
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(Cutlerville MI-AP, April 19, 2002, 5:48 p.m.) A Grand Rapids man died after being blown out of the bed of a pickup truck while he was helping a friend move furniture.
The accident happened Thursday evening in Cutlerville, just south of Grand Rapids.
The Kent County Sheriff's Office says 36-year-old Ricky Rohde was trying to hold down a bed mattress when the gust blew him and the mattress off the moving truck.
Rohde landed on his head when he hit the street. He died later at a Grand Rapids hospital. The accident remains under investigation.
Submitted on 04/19/2002
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Reference:
www.woodtv.com 4-19-02
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