ONE YEAR OLD DEAD AFTER TRACTOR ACCIDENT ON MONITEAU COUNTY FARM

A one year old is dead after an accident with a tractor on a farm in Moniteau County last (Tuesday) night.

According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol it happened just before 5:30 on private property in Latham, Missouri , when 11 year old Eric Shirk was going west and one year old Elam Shirk went into the path of the tractor and was hit.

The toddler was pronounced dead at the scene by the Moniteau County Coroner.