LEBANON, Ore. — A Linn County man pinned by his overturned tractor says his teenage daughters saved his life by lifting the 3,000-pound machine.
The Albany Democrat-Herald reported that 14-year-old Haylee Smith and 16-year-old Hannah Smith’s action allowed their father, Jeff, to wriggle part of the way free and get breathing room.
Smith said he was pulling a stump from his garden Monday when the tractor flipped. The steering wheel pinned his chest to the ground.
He said he was losing breath with each scream, but his daughters heard and ran to him.
A neighbor finished the job by using his own tractor and its shovel to lift the Smith’s tractor and allow Smith to get his arm out.
Smith was treated for a broken left wrist and other injuries.
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Information from: Albany Democrat-Herald, http://www.dhonline.com
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