(KLZA)-- A 62-year-old man was killed Thursday morning in a tractor accident in southeast Nebraska.
The Nemaha County Sheriff's Office says Gerald Grotrian, of rural Johnson, was spraying a ditch when the tractor tipped and rolled over him.
The accident happened shortly after 11:00 about 2 1/2 miles west of Julian, just south of the Nemaha/Otoe County line.
The Sheriff's Office says Grotrain was pronounced dead at the Nemaha County Hospital in Auburn.
Responders from the Auburn Fire and Rescue and Johnson Fire and Rescue responded to the scene.
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