COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — A man who was riding a farm tractor in Fayette County was electrocuted after one of the sprayer arms hit a power line, according to authorities.
911 callers reported on Thursday morning that there was a tractor on fire in the 9000 block of Simmons Road in southern Fayette County and an unresponsive man next to it.
The tractor fire was put out by a passerby.
Matthew L. Stoll, 45, of Leesburg, was operating the tractor, which was pulling an agricultural sprayer, in a field on Simmons Road, officials said. One of the boom arms, which was raised up, hit a power line, which energized the tractor.
Stoll was exiting the tractor and was electrocuted, according to the sheriff’s office. The coroner’s office ruled the cause of death accidental by electrocution.
The sheriff’s office expressed condolences to Stoll’s family.