Reporter: AP posted by Carissa Fox

SE Kansas Farmer Dies In Combine Accident

YATES CENTER, Kan. (AP) _ Woodson County authorities say a man in his late 60s died in an accident during wheat harvest.

Undersheriff Glen Smith says the accident occurred Tuesday afternoon in rural Yates Center.

KCLY reports (http://bit.ly/Ms3173 ) the farmer was cutting wheat with his son, who was unloading a combine. When he finished, the son began to drive away and the father was caught under the rear wheel of the combine.

The farmer's name has not been released.


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