Larry Korte, 59, rural Humboldt, died last night in what law enforcement officials described as a farm accident.
Korte was found incapacitated in a hay field about three miles south of Iola.
Sheriff Tom Williams said he was found several hundred feet from his tractor, which a passerby noticed against a large bale of hay. The tractor was running and smoking, which prompted a call to emergency responders at 10:15 p.m.
“A Kansas Highway Patrol trooper and one of our deputies searched for about 20 minutes” before they found Korte, Williams said.
He died while…
Area man dies in farm accident
