Tractor Flips Over and Crushes Driver to Death as Dirt Road Collapses
A 35-year-old tractor operator was killed in Sing Buri province when the dirt road beneath his vehicle collapsed and the machine crushed him as he attempted to leave a rice field on May 3.
A tragic accident claimed the life of a tractor operator when the vehicle overturned and crushed him as he attempted to control it after a dirt road collapsed beneath him.
At 11:00 AM on May 3, investigators from Inthon Police Station in Sing Buri province responded to a report of a tractor accident in a rice field in Village 9, Inthon Subdistrict. Emergency personnel including staff from the Baan Pot Thek Tung Foundation and hospital medics quickly arrived at the scene.
Upon arrival, authorities found the tractor flipped over on top of the driver. They used a backhoe to lift the tractor in order to recover the victim's body, which took approximately 10 minutes. The deceased was a 35-year-old resident of Ngiw Rai Subdistrict, Inthon District, Sing Buri province.
Investigators determined that the victim, a professional tractor operator, had been hired to level a rice paddy. After completing the work, he was attempting to drive the tractor back up the dirt road to leave when the road suddenly gave way and the tractor overturned, crushing him fatally. Authorities transported the body to the hospital and launched a legal investigation before releasing the remains to his family for religious rites.
