Last update: May 25, 2008 - 1:44 PM
A Virginia, Minn. man died Saturday afternoon after he tried to pull a vehicle out of a mud pit.
The man, 32, was using a tow rope to remove a stuck off-road vehicle from the mud when the metal piece that secured the rope to one of the vehicles broke and struck him in the head, according to the St. Louis County sheriff's office.
He died at the scene. His identity had not been released Sunday morning.
The accident occurred in the 7800 block of Hill Road in Sandy Township about 2 p.m.