A 70-year-old man lost his hand after being seriously injured in a farm tractor and hay wagon crash over the weekend in Chenango County, according to New York State Police.
The crash, which injured three people, occurred just days after more than a dozen people were hurt when a farm tractor carrying a youth group lost control and crashed during a hayride Oct. 4 in Wellsburg, Chemung County. The teenage driver was critically injured
.Tractor and hay wagon lose control on hill
Donald G. Campbell, 70, of Sherburne in Chenango County, was driving a Kubota farm tractor pulling a hay wagon east on Granville Hill Hardscrabble Road in Columbus around 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 10, according to New York State Police.
As the tractor and wagon traveled downhill, they began to gain momentum. Campbell
attempted to brake, causing the tractor’s wheels to lock, said Trooper Aga Tinker. The tractor and wagon skidded across the dirt road before the tractor jackknifed and the wagon detached.
The town of Columbus, where the crash occurred, is in northeastern Chenango County, about 35 miles south of Utica.
Several people injured
The tractor rolled onto its side, throwing Campbell from the driver’s seat and trapping him underneath, Tinker said.
The hay wagon, which was carrying 12 people ages 3 to 62, also rolled onto its side, she said. A 9-year-old boy and a 47-year-old woman were thrown from the wagon. Both suffered minor injuries and were treated at the scene.
Campbell suffered serious head and arm injuries and was taken to Wynn Hospital in Utica, Tinker said. Doctors amputated his hand because of the severity of his injuries.
State police continue to investigate the crash.
This article originally appeared on Rochester Democrat and Chronicle: NY farm tractor crash leaves man without hand, injures 2 others
