DETROIT LAKES, Minn. - A 77-year-old man died Wednesday, May 10, after the malfunctioning tractor he was driving crashed into a tree, trapping him in between.
Larry Mahlon Jones was driving the tractor at his home, 28998 Tower Road in Detroit Lakes, when at 2:51 p.m., Becker County Sheriff Todd Glander received a report of a man trapped under a tractor, according to a press release issued Wednesday evening.
Emergency crews arrived to find Jones stuck between the tree and tractor, which was still running. Once the tractor was removed, officials discovered Jones was dead due to a mechanical failure with the tractor that caused him to crash into the tree, Glander said. The terrain also contributed to his death, he added.
