Una persona è stata uccisa e almeno 17 altri sono rimasti feriti dopo un carro di fieno ribaltato sabato notte nella contea rurale di Hancock, Illinois.
Una donna di 32 anni è rimasta uccisa nell'incidente, the Illinois State Police said in a press release Sunday.
A green John Deere tractor was towing a trailer with more than 20 people in the back riding on square hay bales — known as a hayride or hayrack ride — when the vehicle “lost control and ran off the right side,” secondo la polizia.
The 41-year-old driver of the tractor lost control on an incline, which caused the vehicle to fall into a wooden ravine, CNN affiliate WGEM segnalato.
The driver and multiple passengers were ejected when the tractor overturned.
The injured — whose ages range between 1 per 43 Anni — were transported to a local area hospital, the press release said.
An Illinois State Police traffic reconstruction team investigated the crash and found that the tractor was undersized for the hayride, WGEM segnalato.
The driver was issued a citation for failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident, ha detto la polizia.
