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Fatality Case Reports--Tractors/Logging

2002

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Youth Riding As Passenger On Tractor Killed By Overturn, Kentucky Injury Prevention And Research Center May 2002

Youth Riding As Passenger On Tractor Killed By Overturn, Kentucky Injury Prevention And Research Center

Fatality Case Reports--Tractors/Logging

A 16-year-old female was killed after the tractor on which she was riding as a passenger overturned. She was a high school student; farmed on evenings and weekends. The tractor was driven by a 20-year-old friend while baling hay on a farm at dusk. The driver and the victim had been baling hay all day, and both were experienced farmers. The victim was seated on the fender to the left of the driver. The tractor was a 1969 tricycle-tired John Deere, which was well maintained but was not equipped with a Roll Over Protective Structure (ROPS) or a seatbelt. The …