Upstate man dies while working on farm equipment

LANSING, N.Y. (AP) — Authorities say a 44-year-old man has died in accident that occurred while he was working on equipment at a central New York farm.

State police say farm employee Craig Schenk of Lansing was doing maintenance work on a corn harvester attachment for a combine at the Bensvue Farm in his Tompkins County hometown, located 40 miles southwest of Syracuse.