The driver of the truck, whose name is also not being released, was not given a citation. From there she was taken to St. Louis Childrens' Hospital. A human dummy stood in for an actual person to demonstrate safety measures for farm equiptment. A rural area, Rushville has a lot of students who live on farms or know someone who does. And volcational agriculture teacher Morris McClelland says farm safety is very important for them.
Every year there's an accident that takes someone's life.
So our concern is to make sure that everyone is aware and how to be safe around equiptment and livestock. Students learned tips on how to rescue victims from freezing water and what being on the Schuyler County Rescue Team entails. Then they took a trip inside to learn about animal and farm safety. For many Rushville students, farming is a part of their everyday lives. But for some, this program familiarizes them with certain safety precautions that injures, as well as take many lives each year.