Woman, 88, dies after driving tractor that caught on fire in southern Alberta
Jul 6, 2016 | 3:25 PM
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BROOKS, Alta. — An 88-year old woman has died after she was severely burned when a tractor and baler caught on fire in southern Alberta.
RCMP say they were called to a rural home near Brooks on Sunday afternoon.
They say Mary-Jane Wickert had been driving the tractor and received burns to most of her body.
The senior was taken to a hospital in Brooks then flown by air ambulance to the Foothills Medical Centre in Calgary, where she later died.
