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Part-Time Farmer Drowns In Pond After Tractor Rollover, Kentucky Injury Prevention And Research Center
Part-Time Farmer Drowns In Pond After Tractor Rollover, Kentucky Injury Prevention And Research Center
Fatality Case Reports--Tractors/Logging
On Sunday May 22, 1994, a 54-year-old part-time farmer died when the tractor he was operating rolled over, pinning him under water. The victim was pulling a wagon on which two children and one adult were riding on their way to the farmer's fishing pond. As the tractor approached the pond down a 14 degree slope, it began to slide on the loose ground. The tractor turned 180 degrees on the bank of the pond, then turned over into 4.5 feet of water. Evidence at the scene and from interviews with a rescuer indicate that the tractor rolled one half …