{"id":39909,"date":"2015-06-25T13:21:41","date_gmt":"2015-06-25T17:21:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/?p=39909"},"modified":"2015-06-25T13:21:41","modified_gmt":"2015-06-25T17:21:41","slug":"elderly-man-killed-by-his-own-tractor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/elderly-man-killed-by-his-own-tractor\/","title":{"rendered":"Elderly Man Killed By His Own Tractor"},"content":{"rendered":"
NASHIVILLE, Tenn. — An elderly Tennessee man was killed in a tragic accident Tuesday.<\/p>\n
76-year-old William Burns was found pinned by the rear wheel of a tractor on his West Nashville property.<\/p>\n
Burns was found by a neighbor under the tractor wheel just after 1:30 p.m. in the front pasture of his land in the 8000 block of Highway 70 near the Cheatham County line.<\/p>\n
It appears that Burns drove his tractor through a gate, got off to close it, and, before he could get back on, was hit by the rolling rear tire.<\/p>\n
The tractor was found by the neighbor in neutral with the motor running. The brake had not been set.<\/p>\n
The death has been ruled accidental.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
NASHIVILLE, Tenn. — An elderly Tennessee man was killed in a tragic accident Tuesday. 76-year-old William Burns was found pinned by the rear wheel of a tractor on his West Nashville property. Burns was found by a neighbor under the tractor wheel just after 1:30 p.m. in the front pasture of his land in the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5409,"featured_media":39238,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":[]},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\n