Fatal accident: farmer loses consciousness and falls out of the tractor
Created: 09/22/2022, 17:31
By: Christoph Sahler
A farmer loses consciousness while driving his tractor.
He falls out of the vehicle and dies.
Löhnberg - A terrible accident happened in Löhnberg (Limburg-Weilburg district) on Wednesday (September 21).
As reported by fnp.de, according to police information, an 81-year-old farmer was driving his tractor in the Löhnberg district of Selters on a dirt road extending Talhofstraße - the journey ended fatally for him.
According to initial investigations, the farmer lost consciousness while driving around 2:30 p.m., the West Hesse police said.
The tractor then drove down an embankment without braking.
The driver fell through an open door and was fatally injured.
In Selters, a farmer fell out of his tractor and died in an accident.
© Federico Gambarini/dpa/Symboldbild
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