rbarker
Platinum Member
This afternoon our units responded to an 82 year old man who had been run over by a tractor. He was standing on the left side of a good sized Ford tractor (sorry, no model info available but the rear tire was about 5 feet tall) and leaned across the deck of the tractor to start it up. The tractor, however, was in gear and the engine caught sending the tractor immediately forward. The gentleman was knocked to the ground and the left rear tire rolled right over his mid section. He was air lifted into Boston with what appears to be serious injury.
I offer this story in the spirit of preventing others from making the same mistake. This guy has been on a farm and around tractors all his life but it only takes once!
I offer this story in the spirit of preventing others from making the same mistake. This guy has been on a farm and around tractors all his life but it only takes once!