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Farmer in critical condition after run over by tractor

By News Team

Published October 8, 2019 5:21 AM

A Newdale farmer is in critical condition from a farm accident.

The Fremont County Sheriff’s Office tells Local News 8 and KIDK Eyewitness News 3 the farmer was fixing a farm implement called a disc. His name has not been released.

The farmer was underneath the disc as it rolled forward.

He was crushed by a tire but was able to crawl out and call 9-1-1 before a metal disc could get to him.

He was flown to Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center.

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