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Collapsing Grain Elevator Kills Farmer

Last updated on Friday, September 18, 2015

(GREENSBURG) - An 85-year-old farmer from Greensburg was killed when he accidentally hit a grain elevator with his tractor, causing it to collapse on top of him.

A neighbor called 911 immediately, but Decatur County Sheriff Greg Allen says there was nothing medics could do to save William Zobel from structure collapse.

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