Man crushed to death by air conditioning unit

A man was crushed to death Wednesday evening when an air conditioning unit fell on top of him.

The incident happened at a home on Pegg Road, off Sylvan Road, in southeast Atlanta.

A man was apparently under the home working on the air conditioning when he was killed, Atlanta police said.

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