Ketchum Man Killed When Tractor Goes Off Cliff

KETCHUM, Idaho (KLIX)-A 75-year-old Ketchum man was thrown from a tractor and killed when it fell down a cliff late last week. According to the Blaine County Sheriff's Office, emergency crews responded Thursday, December 16, to a home on Cold Springs Gulch Road in Ketchum at just before 5 p.m. for a tractor that had slid off a driveway down a cliff. The Blaine County Coroner Russ Mikel identified the victim as Alexander MacDonald II. The man had been moving snow off the drive with a John Deere tractor with a plow attachment when it came close to the edge and went down the steep embankment, according to the sheriff's office. The tractor rolled several times, ejecting MacDonald.

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