We have a brand new updated website! Click here to check it out!

Tractor rolls on incline, kills 72-year-old Nebraska man

dakota-county-sheriffHOMER, Neb. (AP) — A 72-year-old man has died after his tractor rolled over in a field in northeast Nebraska.

Emergency crews were called to a rural area southeast of Homer on Monday night on a report of a man trapped under a tractor.

Dakota County deputies and Homer Fire and Rescue crews found a man in a field who was pinned under a tractor that had rolled on an incline. He was pronounced dead.

The man’s name is being withheld until relatives can be notified.

Copyright Eagle Radio | FCC Public Files | EEO Public File