OPP say a man who was pinned and killed by a farm tractor in Essa Township on Sunday, was trying to clear a stump when the incident happened.

According to police, the 60-year-old Essa Township man was using the tractor to remove the stump at a property, just off of Country Road 27, when he became pinned under the tractor.

Ornge Air Ambulance was contacted, but the man was pronounced dead at the scene.

OPP have ruled the death as accidental.