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Tractor accident kills man at mid Missouri festival
Posted: 06.12.2011 at 12:45 PM
Meghan Lane

Meghan is a Live at Sunrise anchor.

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RUSSELLVILLE, MO. -- A man is dead after falling off of a tractor at the Russellville Engine Show and Frog Leg Festival.

Saturday morning 60-year old Kenneth Mathes from California, Mo. was moving his tractor while 74-year Billy J. Brown also of California, Mo. stood on its rear platform.

The tractor went into a dip and Brown lost his balance, fell off and later died at the scene.

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