Rural Health & Safety News
Survival At All Costs: Rancher Escapes Hay Baler Tomb
From Drovers.com, Retrieved June 1, 2022 As fast as silk slides from a pocket, Doug Bichler slipped within inches of eternity. When the North Dakota cattleman was savagely contorted by a hay baler and trapped by the machinery for almost an hour, his survival chances...
Two juveniles injured in ATV accidents
A 14-year-old boy (juvenile) was injured while operating an ATV on private property in Muldrow Wednesday afternoon, according to a report by Oklahoma Highway Patrol Trooper Steven Crooks of the Sequoyah County Detachment Troop C. The accident occurred about 3:27 p.m....
10-year-old Donegal boy awarded for his bravery after raising the alarm on farm accident
Owen Cunningham (10), who raised the alarm when his father fell from a cliff while fencing on their farm, has been awarded for his bravery. The boy, from Kilcar, Co Donegal, was with his father, Seamus, when the accident occurred last November. Having no phone with...
Police investigating tractor accident that killed 3-year-old boy in Arkansas
toddarbini/iStock(MELBOURNE, Ark.) — Authorities in Arkansas are investigating a tractor accident that killed a 3-year-old boy. Police responded to a call in northern Arkansas on Monday afternoon and said they found the toddler unresponsive at the scene. First...
One-year-old run over by tractor
SPARTANBURG COUNTY, S.C. (WSPA) – An accident involving a child and farm tractor has sent the young child to the hospital, according to officials. Landrum Fire Department officials say they received a call about a 1-year-old child run over by a tractor shortly before...
Farmer, 51, Who Was Driving A Tractor When He Crushed His 4-Year-Old Nephew, Evades Jail
A farmer who accidentally killed his “loving, caring, kind” four-year-old nephew after falling from a tractor while illegally driving outside the cab has avoided jail. Harry Isaac Lee suffered a catastrophic brain injury when he fell under the wheel of a JCB...
Boy, 9, Killed In ATV Crash; 10-Year-Old Driver Survives
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Authorities have identified the 9-year-old central Minnesota boy killed early Sunday evening in an ATV crash. The Morrison County Sheriff’s Office says Gabe Beumer, of Hillman, was killed just after 5 p.m. when the side-by-side ATV he was a...
Boy riding in field seriously injured when ATV overturns, ejecting him from the vehicle
A 16-year old northwest Missouri boy received serious injuries when the all–terrain vehicle he was operating overturned, ejecting him from the vehicle. The youth, from Faucett, was taken to Mosaic Life Care in St. Joseph. The crash happened early Sunday on private...
2-year-old, driver in critical condition after crashing into combine in Lafayette County, authorities say
The child was thrown from the vehicle after its driver, Manuel De Jesus Reyes-Avilla, 24, of Darlington, attempted to pass the combine and other vehicles in a no-passing zone along Highway 23 in the town of Willow Springs shortly before 11:30 a.m., Lafayette Sheriff...
Teen hospitalized after three vehicle accident involving tractor
Hankinson, N.D. (Valley News Live) - A 16-year-old from Hankinson is in critical condition at Sanford Hospital after being involved in a three-vehicle accident. A Honda Odyssey driven by 48-year-old Robert Lee Albrecht was driving north on 167th Ave SE, while the teen...