David Stockebrand, a 66-year-old Yates Center farmer, died in a combine accident in rural Woodson County Tuesday.
Sheriff Shannon Moore said Stockebrand died after being caught beneath a tire of a combine driven by his son, who was not identified.
Moore said the son had unloaded grain into a semi truck trailer. When finished, the son began to drive away and the father was caught under the rear wheel of the combine.
Stockebrand was pronounced dead at the scene.
The Woodson County Rural Fire Department and the Eagle Med Life Flight personnel were called to assist.
Moore said the Woodson County Sheriff’s Department is investigating the accident, along with Frontier Forensics of Topeka.
Obituary information for Stockebrand is in the “obituaries” link.
