Man killed in tractor accident near Azalia

One man is dead after a Monday morning accident involving a tractor. Jay Frederick, Deputy Bartholomew County Coroner, says that Coroner Clayton Nolting was called to the 8800 block of South Country Road 300 East, just north of Azalia, shortly after 10:30 a.m. Investigators say that 38-year-old David E. Eckert was using a front end loader filled with gravel to fill a hole. Frederick says the load shifted and the tractor rolled, pinning Eckert, who was pronounced dead on the scene due to crushing blunt force trauma to the chest and abdomen.