60s Driving a Tractor Dies While Working in an Orchard View original image


[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Gwan-woo] A man in his 60s who was driving a cultivator in an orchard died while working.


According to the Gwangju Nambu Police Station on the 15th, at around 3:40 p.m. that day, an accident occurred at an orchard in Ijang-dong, Nam-gu, Gwangju Metropolitan City, where the cultivator driver A (68) got his body caught between metal support poles while reversing.


A, who was seriously injured in the accident, was taken to a nearby hospital but passed away.


A was reportedly working on tilling the soil using the drive part of the cultivator, which did not have a cargo bed installed.



The police estimate that A's body got caught while working in the narrow space between the support poles, but he was unable to operate the brake device, leading to the accident, and they are investigating the exact circumstances.


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