Welsh farmer crushed in tractor roll over

A 50-year-old farmer who died in a tractor accident last week suffered crush injuries to his upper body, an inquest has heard.

Richard Norton Lewis was carrying out fieldwork at Bodilan Fawr Farm in Llanfihangel, Tywyn, Gwynedd, when the accident took place on 20 April.

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) said that first indications suggested the tractor rolled over while Mr Lewis was working on a slope.

Opening the inquest into the tragedy, assistant coroner for North West Wales Sarah Riley gave a provisional cause of death as massive crush injuries to the chest and head.