Larry Korte, 59, rural Humboldt, died last night in what law enforcement officials described as a farm accident.
Korte was found incapacitated in a hay field about three miles south of Iola.
Sheriff Tom Williams said he was found several hundred feet from his tractor, which a passerby noticed against a large bale of hay. The tractor was running and smoking, which prompted a call to emergency responders at 10:15 p.m.
“A Kansas Highway Patrol trooper and one of our deputies searched for about 20 minutes” before they found Korte, Williams said.
He died while en route by helicopter to the University of Kansas Medical Center, the sheriff said.
Area man dies in farm accident
