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Doniphan County man killed in tractor rollover

Doniphan County Sheriff shoulder patchA Doniphan County man was killed in a farming accident Thursday.

Deputy Raymond Hall with the Doniphan County Sheriff’s Office said authorities responded to a tractor rollover near the area of Monument Road and 130th Rd about 7 miles south of Wathena.  Hall said they arrived shortly before 10 p.m. after receiving a call from family members of the deceased.

Hall said Morris Miller, 80 left around 3 p.m. to go mow his pasture. Sometime between 3 p.m. and 9 p.m. the tractor rolled over and pinned Miller underneath. Miller was pronounced dead at the scene.

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