Too close to home and know too many of the responders involved. Reported to be a small Kubota. A rare, sunny November day.
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Young Seaside boy dies in compact tractor accident
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Web Posted 11/11/2008 10:16:00 AM
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SEASIDE - A 31⁄2 year-old Seaside boy died Monday afternoon when he was pinned under the front tire of a compact tractor that had been parked in the driveway of his home on Beerman Creek Road.
The boy's mother, Mindy Kilburn, 24, found him and called 9-1-1, but Ethan Christopher Kilburn was dead when emergency personnel arrived at the scene around 1:30 p.m.
An investigation by the Clatsop County Sheriff's Office determine that Ethan had been playing on the tractor and had released the brake, causing the tractor to roll. The boy then fell from the tractor and was pinned under the front tire, causing him to suffocate, according to a news release from CCSO Sgt. Mark Whisler.
"Our hearts go out to the family. It's a very tragic accident," Sheriff Tom Bergin said today.
The boy's uncle, Chad Lee, had been driving the tractor earlier, moving bark and rock, according to CCSO accident report, and had parked it to go inside the house for a few minutes. He told authorities he had set the brake.
Both Ethan and his 5-year old brother, Gabriel Kilburn, had been riding on the tractor with him earlier, Lee told investigators. The boys' father, Luke Kilburn, 29, was not at home at the time of the accident.
Dr. Joann Stefanelli, the county medical examiner, a Seaside police officer, members of the Seaside Fire Department and Medix Ambulance personnel also responded.
Fire Marshal Chris Dugan said firefighters stood by until sheriff's deputies got there, then helped lift the tractor off the boy. "It was a very traumatic scene," Dugan said. He said members of the Trauma Intervention Program (TIP) team were called in to counsel emergency responders.