Man dies in farm tractor accident

QUINCY - A 34-year-old Quincy man died in the evening of October 15 when he was run over by a farm tractor, according to the Grant County Sheriff's office.

At around 7:30 p.m., emergency responders were called to property owned by Friehe Farms near county Road 4 NE and county Road R NE, about seven miles east of Moses Lake.

Sheriff's deputies learned the victim, Steve Weil, an employee of Simplot Soilbuilders, was helping Friehe Farms prepare soil.

For an unknown reason, deputies reported, Weil walked into the field and tried to climb aboard a moving Case model 500 articulating tractor driven by 26-year-old Dusty Fondren. Weil fell, was run over by the left rear tire and died at the scene.

The Washington Department of Labor and Industries is investigating.

- Staff report