By Associated Press - Tuesday, May 16, 2017

WAKEFIELD, Neb. (AP) - Authorities say a 63-year-old man has been killed in a northeast Nebraska farm accident.

The Dixon County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release Monday that someone called 911 to report the accident around 9 p.m. Saturday, about 3 miles (5 kilometers) north of Wakefield.

The Sheriff’s Office says Gerele Johnson was pronounced dead at the scene. An investigation shows he’d been run over by a farm implement.



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