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Man dies after car he’s working under falls on him

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A 31-year-old man is dead after a car he was working on fell and crushed him in Cleveland Tenn. on Tuesday night.

Deputies with the Bradley County Sheriff’s Office responded to the 300 block of Hughes Road on a report of a man found underneath a vehicle at 7:11 a.m.

A preliminary investigation indicates Christopher James Case was working underneath the car when it fell onto his chest at some point during the night. The victim’s mother found his body around 6:40 a.m.