“Maybe, just maybe, this will keep dad off machinery for a while,” the man’s son said
NEED TO KNOW
- An elderly man was crushed by a bulldozer in a freak accident in Missouri
- The 76-year-old fell off the vehicle after his seat broke from its mount while he was driving up an embankment
- “Maybe, just maybe, this will keep dad off machinery for a while,” the man’s son said in a social media post
An elderly man was crushed by a bulldozer in a freak accident.
The man became trapped under the heavy equipment in Olympia, Mo., on Aug. 29, according to a Facebook post from the Olympia Rural Fire Department.
Fire officials responded to the report around 12:13 p.m. local time. “Luckily, the outcome was good for the patient and his family,” they said.
The El Dorado Springs Fire Department, Milo Fire Department, Cedar County Ambulance and the Cedar County Sheriff’s Office assisted with the rescue, as did Cedar County first responders, Cedar County dispatch and Cox AirCare…