3 Children and 1 Adult Killed After Farm Tractor Rolls Over in Pennsylvania

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Twelve individuals, mostly children, were in a utility trailer when it flipped over, throwing everyone from the vehicle, Pennsylvania State Police said

By Charmaine Patterson
July 29, 2022 07:24 PM

Three children and a woman are dead after they were tossed from a farm tractor crash after it rolled over in Pennsylvania on Friday.

The Pennsylvania State Police said in a release just hours after the tragedy that it is "investigating" the collision, which took place around 11:00 a.m. local time in the 1100 block of Furnace Road in Lower Chanceford Township.

"An older-model farm tractor was pulling a flatbed, open utility trailer. Twelve individuals were riding in the trailer when the operator of the tractor traveled off the roadway and over an embankment, causing the tractor and trailer to roll, killing an adult woman and three juveniles," police said.

The PSP Troop J Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Specialist Unit, Forensic Services Unit, and Criminal Investigation Unit arrived at the scene, along with the York County Coroner.

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1. Happened in York County - Lower Chanceford Township

Condolences to the families who lost loved ones.

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2. I have to wonder

If it was an old tractor with a "tricycle" type front end.

I've had the living shit scared out of me on an embankment with one of those older tractors.

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3. Sad.

I understand that farm work is incredibly dangerous, and people on farms die on the job at surprisingly high rates.

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4. From an O.S.H.A. course I completed. My takeaway -- "If it looks stupid, it is stupid.

If it is stupid, don't do it."

Riding in an open trailer, no seatbelts or any other safety precautions --- when I see it, it looks stupid. And I do see this from time to time.