Tractor Accident Takes Life of Killen Man

A TRACTOR ACCIDENT TOOK THE LIFE OF A KILLEN MAN ON TUESDAY. MEDIA REPORTS INDICATE, LARRY COMER, AGE 79 OF KILLEN, WAS DRIVING HIS TRACTOR ALONG THE EDGE OF A CREEK WHEN THE REAR WHEEL SLIPPED OFF THE EMBANKMENT. THE TRACTOR THEN ROLLED OVER ON TOP OF COMER, PINNING HIM UNDER THE MACHINE IN THE CREEK. LAUDERDALE COUNTY CORONER BUTCH TUCKER BELIEVED THAT THE INCIDENT WAS AN ACCIDENT AND NO AUTOPSY WAS PERFORMED. RESCUERS USED A FRONT-END LOADER TO RECOVER THE TRACTOR AND RETRIEVE COMER’S BODY.

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