Butler man injured in tractor rollover accident

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On 8/4/17 around 2:00pm the Missouri State Highway Patrol in Bates County along with the Butler Fire Department and Montrose Fire Department responded to a tractor rollover accident on County Road NE 9503 and NE County Road 3764 in rural Bates County.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol says the accident occurred when the John Deere Garden Tractor with a mower attached traveled off the right side of the roadway, overturning and ejected the driver who was identified as Duane L. Craig of Butler, Missouri.

Mr. Craig sustained serious injuries in this accident and he was transported by Life Flight Eagle to Research Medical Center in Kansas City, Missouri for treatment.

The tractor was totaled and towed from the scene by a friend of the driver.



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