Kansas man killed when trailer backs over him in Rose Hill

ROSE HILL, Kan. (AP) — Federal health inspectors are investigating after a 38-year-old Sedgwick County man died when a trailer backed over him.

The Butler County Sheriff's Office said 38-year-old Stephen Farmer, of Sedgwick County, died early Wednesday in Rose Hill.

Emergency crews found Farmer on the ground behind a truck, which had a flatbed trailer carrying a piece of loading equipment.

The sheriff's office says a man driving the truck was turning around in a parking lot when the trailer hit Farmer. He fell and the right tires of the trailer ran over him. He died at the scene.

Detectives de...

 

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