A Taunton man has died following an accident at a scarp yard in Westport on Friday morning.

According to the Bristol County District Attorney’s Office, first responders were called to Mid City Scrap Yard on State Rd. just after 11 a.m. for a medical incident.

When they arrived on scene, they found the victim, identified as 49-year-old Mark Peters with “a crushing injury to his lower extremities.”

Peters was taken to a local hospital where he died a short time later.

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