[AT] Tractor rollover (update)

[DAVIESW739 at aol.com]

I was able to talk to Robert Gee today he is out of the ICU and in a room  
and they let him wake up today so he could talk to family and friends.  He  is a 
poor man on SS and is very appreciated of the money we are sending so far  
about $200 It will help a lot with the bills as he said. He also loves the Teddy 
 Bear I sent the other day keeps it right close to him. I will keep all of 
you up  to date on his recovery. He sounded pretty good today but I guess he 
will be  pretty sore for a long time to come. He he ain't given up on tractors 
but will  back them on the trailer after this.
 
Walt Davies
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In a message dated 9/10/2006 7:58:03 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,  
mmman at netscape.com writes:

Be  careful out there

The Lone Star Antique Tractor and Engine assn show  was this weekend was this 
weekend and was the best by far for our short seven  years.  BUT at the end 
of the day Saturday, we has a tragic  accident.

One of our members was loading a narrow front JD 720 LP row  crop on his high 
deck trailer and it flipped over on top of him.  He was  loading forward and 
parked his trailer uphill which both contributed to the  problem.  He 
completed a 3 year restoration on this one last week.  

If the tractor had not had the LP tank, it would have crushed him  
completely.  He was able to drag himself out from the fenders and was  crushed between 
the seats but the steering wheel did not get him.  I was  announcing the pull 
and saw the accident out of the corner of my eye.  I  radioed for EMS/FD who 
were on the grounds and ran to the site.  He was  soon being taken care of and I 
was able to cut the ignition on the tractor and  cut the feul off-- the 
tractor was still turning the wheels in its upset  position. I had to get loud to 
get the crowd to move back and give EMS room to  operate and privacy for the 
patient.   His new wife was standing  beside the trailer as this happened.  

Several mistakes were made  that contributed to this accident, but the bottom 
line is a friend was hurt  and and will be a long time recovering.  He had 
lacerated liver, several  broken bones, left arm lacerated from wrist to 
shoulder, broken ribs, bruised  lungs and hip.  He will recover, but will be in rehab 
for a long  time.  He was removed from the ventilator this afternoon and 
faces two  more surgeries on his arm in the next ten days.  We delivered the 
tractor  to his shop this afternoon and are supporting his family all we can.

I  posted this to remind all of you that this can happen and to remind you to 
be  safe in this great hobby of ours.  I have loaded tractors on trailers for 
 50 years and I think I will relive this every time as we load and use our  
equipment.   We can "say what if" and rehash this, but in a split  second a man 
was severely injured.  We have said lots of prayers at the  show grounds, 
last night and today.  
Be careful out  there
Bear



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