Roll-over takes life of Lincolnville man
A Lincolnville man died Thursday night after he was pinned against his vehicle while trying to stop it from rolling.
Brian C. Pagenkopf, 26, Lincolnville, was pronounced dead at the scene, according to a news release from Randal G. Brazil, Marion County undersheriff.
The accident occurred at 9:40 p.m. on 290th, two-tenths of a mile west of Lincolnville.
Pagenkopf was driving a 1997 Ford F-350 pickup eastbound on 290th. He stopped in the roadway to talk to another driver, Charlie Holub, 35, Florence, who was following him. As Pagenkopf walked back to talk to the other driver, he noticed his truck rolling backward.
Pagenkopf ran toward the truck, attempted to get back inside and stop it from rolling. Pagenkopf was not completely inside the truck when it entered the north ditch pinning him underneath face down, according to the news release.
Both had been traveling eastbound on 290th.
