Purdin Farmer Killed When Tractor Rolls Over Into Creek

A Purdin, Missouri farmer lost his life Thursday when his tractor overturned into a creek.

According to the accident report from Troop B of the Missouri State Highway PAtrol, 65-year-old Purdin resident Dale L. Floyd was operating a 1967 Farmall 806 tractor eastbound on Falk Road about two miles northeast of Purdin Thursday at 4:10 P.M.

That’s when the tractor ran off the road, over a bridge abutment and overturned into the creek.

Linn County Deputy Coroner Burnie Hicks declared Floyd deceased at 4:45 P.M.