WEBSTER COUNTY, Mo. —A child died in a farm accident just before 11a.m. Saturday in Webster County, Missouri.
The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported a 73-year-old Seymour, Missouri, man was back up a 2023 John Deere Tractor at 2188 Walnut Ridge Road three and one half miles south of Seymour. The driver didn't see the 1-year-old boy.
EMS transported the boy to Cox South Hospital. He was pronounced deceased just before 12:30p.m., according to the MSHP. The Patrol no longer releases names of accident victims. Seymour is located three hours south of Kansas City.