Tarkington Prairie, TX : 65-year-old man killed in tractor accident on Sunday, November 2, 2014
Authorities say a 65-year-old southeast Texas man has died after accidentally driving his tractor over a pipe that flew into the air and hit him in the head.
A LIBERTY County sheriff spokesman says Charles Lippold died Sunday in a field near his home in Tarkington Prairie. He says Lippold was using the tractor to haul a hay bale when he reversed over a feeding ring made from aluminum pipe. A piece of the pipe fatally struck him.
Justice of the Peace Ralph Fuller pronounced Lippold dead at the scene.
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Sheriff: 65-year-old Texas man killed by aluminum pipe after backing over it with tractor