SALISBURY — A Union Mills man was killed over the weekend while trying to repair a hydraulic lift, the Salisbury Police Department said.

Jeffrey Charles Langford, 57, who co-owned Thermal City Gold and Gem Mine, had just purchased the hydraulic boom lift on Craigslist and was making repairs to it Sunday in the 3400 block of South Main Street.

He lost his balance and the lift arm fell on him, according to police.