A terrible family tragedy occurred Monday morning in the small town of Saugues, in Haute-Loire. While reversing his tractor, a 40-year-old farmer accidentally ran over his mother who was feeding animals in an enclosure, reports Progress. In cardiorespiratory arrest when help arrived, the woman, aged 70, died from her injuries.
A few hours after this fatal accident, the son killed himself, according to our colleagues. An investigation was opened by the gendarmerie. Last June, a 17-year-old boy had already died in this small rural town in a tractor accident on a departmental road.