An Elm City man died Monday evening after the tractor he was driving overturned, according to the North Carolina State Highway Patrol.

A preliminary investigation by Trooper J.B. Aiken indicated that Paul Neal, 88, was operating a tractor with mowing equipment attached around 5 p.m. in the Grapevine Road area.

Neal was driving the tractor north when he drove onto an embankment. The tractor overturned, trapping him underneath. Neal was pronounced deceased at the scene, First Sergeant Levern Bynum said.