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A 12-year-old boy was crushed to death this afternoon by an overturned tractor. It happened in the Green Hills area of Spanish Lookout. The boy Widel Garcia was in the company of his father when 29-year-old Venus Penner lost control of a loaded red tractor which overturned on a hillside killing the boy and injuring his father, 35-year-old Pedro Garcia. 

Widel Garcia’s body was transported to San Ignacio Community hospital morgue to await a postmortem. His father was transported for treatment to Western Regional Hospital. 

The tractor was loaded with logs.  When coming down a hill the trailer slid off the road causing the driver to lose control and the trailer over turn