BRADY TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WOOD) — A Kalamazoo County man is dead after a plane propeller hit him in the head.
It happened Monday afternoon in the 6000 block of E. W Avenue in Brady Township, east of Vicksburg, according to the Kalamazoo County Sheriff’s Office.
Undersheriff Paul Matyas told 24 Hour News 8 that Michael Westveer, 52, of Vicksburg was trying to start an aircraft with a propeller crank. Westveer was pushing on the propeller to start the plane when it hit him in the head and killed him.
It’s unclear what exact aircraft model was involved in the incident.
The sheriff’s office, Federal Aviation Administration and National Transportation Safety Board are investigating.