Crete: 85-Year-Old Man Dies in Farming Accident

19.08.2026

GREECE

10:58

Crete: 85-Year-Old Man Dies in Farming Accident

The unfortunate elderly man crashed into a tree

ALPHANEWSLIVE

Tragedy in Heraklion, Crete, where an elderly man was killed when the farm vehicle he was driving crashed into a tree. The incident occurred on Tuesday morning (August 18), claiming the life of an 85-year-old man.

According to Creta Live, the 85-year-old was performing farm work while operating a three-wheeled farm vehicle when he crashed into a tree.

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The collision resulted in the fatal injury of the elderly man in the rural area of the Municipality of Minoa Pediada.

The elderly man’s lifeless body was found by his own son, who had gone looking for him in the family’s field.

SOURCE: CNN Greece

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