Man, 74, crushed to death as tractor overturns at Mount Larcom
A 74-year-old man has been crushed to death by his tractor after it overturned on a rural Queensland property.
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A 74-year-old man has died after his tractor rolled and crushed him at a Central Queensland property on Thursday night.
It is understood the tractor overturned at a property in the vicinity of Taylors Lane at Machine Creek, near Mount Larcom in the Gladstone region, about 6pm.
Reports suggested a man was trapped in the rolled tractor, which was on its roof.
Queensland ambulance, Queensland police and Queensland Fire and Emergency Services were all responding to the incident on Thursday night, with the RACQ Capricorn Helicopter Rescue crew also sent to the scene of the horror incident.
A police spokeswoman said a report would be prepared for the coroner.
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