Special to the Times Vedette
Guthrie County Deputy Sheriff Matt Stringham reported a tractor accident occurring on the 1800 block of Chestnut Avenue on March 21 at 4:56 p.m. Daniel Lee Royer, 62, of Coon Rapids, was driving the John Deere tractor northbound when the tractor lost power and caused it to swerve across southbound lanes and down the embankment until coming to rest in a ditch. Royer was transported to Audubon County Fairgrounds to meet life flight and was flow to a Des Moines hospital. Estimated damage is $10,000.