In a tragic accident in Kirchberg ob der Donau, Austria, an 81-year-old farmer was fatally run over by a tractor.

The incident occurred on a Saturday morning while the elderly man was working on a field with a 31-year-old neighbor.

The younger man, operating the tractor, accidentally reversed over the farmer, who was working on foot with a wooden rake.

Despite immediate emergency response efforts, the farmer succumbed to his injuries at the scene.

The 31-year-old driver and the victim's 72-year-old wife are receiving crisis intervention support.

This incident follows a similar tragedy in the same small community, where a young child was previously killed in a farming accident.

Authorities are now investigating the recent accident as a case of negligent homicide.