Man killed by runaway tractor due to handbrake failure

Richard Ellis, a 65-year-old HGV driver, died after a tractor’s handbrake failed and rolled over him while he was attempting to recover his stuck vehicle in Stopham, West Sussex. An inquest revealed concerns about the lack of legal maintenance requirements for agricultural vehicles, prompting a Prevention of Future Deaths report to the Department of Transport.

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