CURRAN — A 39-year-old farm worker was crushed to
death by a large tractor wheel after he stopped the tractor to dislodge a
bird’s nest from the engine.
Witnesses say Steve Jubainville got off a tractor at a
side road near Curran, east of Ottawa, to dislodge the nest. While
climbing back onto the tractor he fell off. A back tire rolled over him,
said Suzelle Delorme, wife of Daniel Delorme who runs a large Prescott
County potato farm, where Jubainville worked for 10 years.
"It was a moment of error," she said. After
crushing Jubainville the tractor continued down the road for another 200
to 300 feet before it turned over in a ditch, she said.
The accident occurred at Concession Road 8 at about
1:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 14.
A neighbour said Jubainville is from "a beautiful family."
His parents, Jean-Marc and Therese Jubainville, are retired farmers in the
area.
