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Tumble from antique tractor kills man at State Fair
By ZACH PLUHACEK / Lincoln Journal Star
A Kansas man who took part in a record-setting antique tractor parade at the Nebraska State Fair on Saturday died Sunday morning when his tractor rolled on top of him in a parking lot on the fairgrounds.
Charley DeWeese, 75, of Thayer, Kan., was loading his 1936 John Deere tractor onto a flatbed trailer when its right tire slipped from the ramp and DeWeese fell, State Patrol Lt. Dennis Leonard said. The tractor flipped on top of DeWeese, pinning and killing him.
The incident happened at about 10:30 a.m. at the back of an overflow lot being used as a staging area for people involved in Saturday's tractor parade.
Several people, including DeWeese's wife, were in the area and saw the tractor land on him, Leonard said.
However, he said, most fairgoers probably were unaware of the incident because it happened out of view from the core area of the fairgrounds.
"I've been very much involved with the law enforcement duties with the State Fair ... and this is the first incident of this magnitude or anywhere near that," since the fair moved to Grand Island from Lincoln in 2010, Leonard said.
A total of 964 tractors were counted in Saturday's tractor event, billed as the World's Largest Parade of Classic Tractors, which broke a Guinness World Record, according to the State Fair. More than 1,100 riders had registered.
By ZACH PLUHACEK / Lincoln Journal Star
A Kansas man who took part in a record-setting antique tractor parade at the Nebraska State Fair on Saturday died Sunday morning when his tractor rolled on top of him in a parking lot on the fairgrounds.
Charley DeWeese, 75, of Thayer, Kan., was loading his 1936 John Deere tractor onto a flatbed trailer when its right tire slipped from the ramp and DeWeese fell, State Patrol Lt. Dennis Leonard said. The tractor flipped on top of DeWeese, pinning and killing him.
The incident happened at about 10:30 a.m. at the back of an overflow lot being used as a staging area for people involved in Saturday's tractor parade.
Several people, including DeWeese's wife, were in the area and saw the tractor land on him, Leonard said.
However, he said, most fairgoers probably were unaware of the incident because it happened out of view from the core area of the fairgrounds.
"I've been very much involved with the law enforcement duties with the State Fair ... and this is the first incident of this magnitude or anywhere near that," since the fair moved to Grand Island from Lincoln in 2010, Leonard said.
A total of 964 tractors were counted in Saturday's tractor event, billed as the World's Largest Parade of Classic Tractors, which broke a Guinness World Record, according to the State Fair. More than 1,100 riders had registered.