PARKE COUNTY, Ind – Around 1:30 p.m. Wednesday (6/24/20) afternoon Parke County Deputies and emergency personal were called to CR 450 W near Montezuma.

Emergency personal found 70 year old Stephen Earley, of Montezuma trapped under an overturned tractor.

Earley was pronounced dead at the scene by the Parke County Coroner’s Office.

Deputies say that Earley was mowing a side slope when the tractor slipped on the hill side and rolled over pinning him between the tractor and the ground.

Assisting at the scene was the Montezuma Volunteer Fire Department, Adams Township Rescue, Parke County EMS, Parke County Coroner’s Office, and several farmers from the area.