Madras, Ore. – Jefferson County Sheriff Jim Adkins says a Madras-area farmer was killed Sunday afternoon. Several several hay bales fell onto him as he was apparently moving them.
76 year old Harvey Stickler was moving bales of alfalfa hay when some fell, pinning him against his tractor and most likely suffocating him.
Adkins says many of the local farmers knew him and they were very sad to hear about the accident.
The sheriff said Stickler’s wife told them he had been missing for about an hour and she had gone to look for him.
She called 911 and medics arrived but he was pronounced dead at the scene. It happened on S. Adams Drive, around 5:30 pm.
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