The tractor driver's foot slipped off the brake. The woman, struck by the trailer, was taken to the hospital.

The incident occurred last Monday (October 13) during the apple harvest in an orchard in the municipality of Opole Lubelskie (Lublin Voivodeship). Emergency services were dispatched to the scene. - At the scene, officers determined that the 58-year-old Ukrainian citizen was assisting with the apple harvest. While working, which involved picking apples and pouring them into crates and pallets attached to the trailer connected to the tractor, the 58-year-old woman was struck by the trailer. The foot of the 61-year-old woman operating the tractor slipped off the brake pedal, causing the tractor with the loaded apple trailer to move backward, hitting the leg of the 58-year-old woman, reports Commissioner Sabina Piłat-Kozieł from the County Police Headquarters in Opole Lubelskie. She further informs that the injured woman ...