Man dies in farm incident

A 74-year-old Simpson man has died after a quadbike accident at Pirron Yallock.

Police will prepare a report for the Coroner after the fatal incident which occurred this morning on a property at Tomahawk Creek Road.

Emergency services received reports of the incident just after 10am. Police, CFA and SES crews headed to the scene.

“It is a believed a man was riding alone on a Tomahawk Creek Road property when his quad bike rolled sometime in the morning,” a Victoria Police spokesperson said.

“The 74-year-old Simpson man sadly died at the scene.”

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