NEW DOUGLAS, Ill. (AP)
Coroner: Man killed by tractor on brother’s farm
A coroner in southwestern Illinois’ Madison County says a man was killed when he was run over by a tractor on his brother’s farm.
Authorities say 45-year-old Scott Wernle died Sunday (March 7) at a hospital shortly after the accident on the farm in New Douglas.
Coroner Steve Nonn’s office says Wernle was working on his tractor, trying to get it started with a screwdriver, when the farm machine suddenly lunged forward and ran over him.
The brother witnessed the accident but was uninjured.
