Tractor Accident

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El Toro

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• May 30, 2014

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I received this picture in an email this morning
not sure if it happened here in MD. No details on the driver as to his injuries. Hal

 

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JRSutton

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• May 30, 2014

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five guys and an IV - can't be good.

Hope he turns out ok.

 

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Wheatfarmer

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• May 30, 2014

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I hate reading and seeing these things, BUT we all need to LEARN how it happened.

 

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MN Scott

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• May 30, 2014

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I'm thinking that it is a drill of some sort. Look at the tiny little ditch and notice how badly the tractor is broken up. No way your going to bend rims, break wheel castings, bend ROP's ect unless the tractor rolls down a serious hill or falls off a truck at highway speeds.

 

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jwmfarms

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• May 30, 2014

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Just did a Google Images search on this picture. It happened last April in MO. Tractor was hit by a semi, and farmer was seriously injured.

 

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JRSutton

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• May 30, 2014

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notice they're on the edge of road. I'm assuming he got side swiped by something large.

 

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jennifer408

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• May 30, 2014

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yes, im sure this person didn't wake up that morning, grab some coffee and decide to go out with their pretty new toy and try and or succeed in killing themselves. thanks for posting this el toro. you see this happen way too often. i think tractor/farm safety should be an on-going subject that is always fresh on our minds.

 

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da.bees

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• May 30, 2014

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That is a lot of damage to be on level ground.
Harvesters,rotory mowers and other pto driven equipment has killed or injured more operators around me than tractors. Most rollovers I see are construction tractors. For some reason people in North Tx get injured starting in gear standing beside the tractor or driveing under low clearance.

 

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fixerupper

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• May 30, 2014

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I hope he comes out of it ok. When I was 16 I helped drag a man out from under an overturned tractor and carry him out if a steep ditch. He passed a few hours later. My knees were so weak I couldn't hardly walk. A year ago my son helped remove a neighbor from under an overturned tractor. Neighbor had passed away by the time he was found. The outcome is almost never good for the driver. Jim

 

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Karl in MD

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• May 30, 2014

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A guy I went to college with years ago was killed earlier this week in a tractor rollover her in Somerset County MD.

 

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mkirsch

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• May 30, 2014

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(quoted from post at 09:54:54 05/30/14) That is a lot of damage to be on level ground.

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Not if it's rollover by tractor trailer...

 

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FBH44

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• May 30, 2014

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Look in the left-hand bottom corner, pavement and white stripe. This looks to me like on a highway, he got whammed by somebody, at high speed. I odn"t think it was just a roll-over.

 

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Bryce Frazier

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• May 30, 2014

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Well, not only are you right about the road, BUT NOTICE:

The tractor is point TOWARDS the direction of on coming traffic, so my guess would be that either he was going the WRONG way to start with, or someone hit him, and flipped him all the way around... Judging by the picture, I would go with the second my self... Shame to see... Bryce

 

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SDE

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• May 30, 2014

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Local news this morning. 34yr old teacher was cutting grass on a riding lawnmower with his child. He tipped over and was killed, the child is ok.

 

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Adirondack case guy

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• May 30, 2014

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Also look at the seat. The backrest is bent over backwards.
Loren, the Acg.

 

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Hoby

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• May 30, 2014

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Here's a link to the accident.
Poke Here

 

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unclemerle

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• May 30, 2014

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No, he was hit with such force that the tractor is split in two where hit feet were sitting.

 

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farmerwithmutt

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• May 30, 2014

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My cousin died on a rollover he called in but was gone by the time they got there.also looks like no shoulder were lucky and have shoulders but people dont realise that a lot of times with the noise you cant here traffic or your watching what your doing and not traffic

 

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Anonymous-0

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• May 31, 2014

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ill bet the rops saved him