Dec 05, 2024

Sheriff IDs Kansas man who died in farming accident

Posted Dec 05, 2024 10:00 PM
First responders on the scene -photo courtesy KWCH
First responders on the scene -photo courtesy KWCH

SEDGWICK COUNTY —Authorities investigating a fatal farming accident have identified the man who died as 70-year-old David Humbolt of rural Mulvane, according to Sedgwick County Sheriff's Department spokesman Branden Stitt.

Just after 2p.m. Wednesday, deputies were dispatched to 10200 block of South 127th Street East near Mulvane.

A caller reported his father had been involved in an accident while working on a large John Deere combine. Emergency responders with Mulvane EMS arrived and pronounced Humbolt dead at the scene.

The sheriff's office released no additional details.