Tractor Accident PI

On February 6, 2023 at 1547 hrs., the Plymouth County Sheriff’s Communication Center received a call of a 2-year-old that was run over by a tractor in the Craig area.  Ireton Ambulance and  Plymouth County Deputies were dispatched to the scene.  An investigation shows that the 2-year-old was riding on a tractor with his father, the driver.  The driver became distracted and the child fell to the ground and was partially ran over by the back wheel of the tractor.  The child was transported to Floyd Valley Hospital by Ireton Ambulance and later flown to a hospital in Sioux Falls by Mercy One with non-life threatening injuries.  The incident is still under investigation.