Girl run over by fathers tractor

17 May 1999

Girl run over by father’s tractor

A GIRL aged four died when she fell under the wheels of her fathers tractor as she hitched a ride on the front with her mother and their dog.

Rachel Kearsley was crushed beneath the back wheel after she fell from the tractor on the familys farm near Ruabon, north Wales, on Saturday.

Her father, Bob, was driving the tractor.

• HSE drive to protect kids on the farm, FWi, 28 April, 1999
• Health inspectors warn farmers, FWi, 12 February, 1999
• Farm tragedy underlines HSE message, FWi, 07 July, 1998
  

• The Independent 17/05/02/99 page 6
  
• The Guardian 17/05/99 page 6
  
• The Herald 17/05/99 page 5