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Fatal Farm Accident Saturday Afternoon

A rural Chillicothe man died in a farm accident Saturday afternoon.  Forty-three year old Mark Burton of Chillicothe died at Hedrick Medical Center he was thrown from a tractor.  The accident happened at about 1:30 pm Saturday on LIV 451, 10 miles southwest of Chillicothe.  The Missouri Highway Patrol reports Burton was driving the tractor on a private driveway and crossed LIV 451 and hit the ditch.  He was thrown from the tractor and was run over by the tractor.