William Bradbury, 37, Killed In Tractor Accident After Road Collapsed Near Camp Tamarancho Causing Tractor To Tumble Down Hill in Marin County on Iron Springs Road
(UPDATE): William Bradbury, 37, Killed In Tractor Accident Near Camp Tamarancho After Road Collapsed Causing Tractor To Tumble Down Hill in Marin County
DANGEROUS ROAD COLLAPSED CAUSING FATAL TRACTOR ACCIDENT
MARIN COUNTY, CALIFORNIA (October 24, 2017) – A volunteer ranger for the Boy Scouts of America was tragically killed in a tractor accident after it tumbled down a hill near Camp Tamarancho in Marin County.
Authorities in Marin County have been able to identify the volunteer Boy Scouts of America leader that died as 37-year-old William Bradbury. Police are saying that William Bradbury was driving in the area of 500 Iron Springs Road in an unincorporated area of Fairfax prior to the accident.
William Bradbury was driving the skip-loader tractor and then began performing roadwork around Iron Springs Road in Fairfax. The road that William Bradbury was working on collapsed and sent him and the skip-loader tractor 250 feet down a hillside.
Firefighters and paramedics rushed the to the scene of the accident and were able to extricate the Boy Scouts of America volunteer. He was airlifted to the John Muir Medical Center in Walnut Creek and was later pronounced dead.
The cause of the road collapse that led to the accident remains unknown at this time.
A Boy Scout camp staffer who was performing roadwork outside Fairfax died Monday after the road collapsed and his tractor tumbled approximately 250 feet down an embankment.
The incident occurred just after 8:30 a.m. at Camp Tamarancho on Iron Springs Road, said California Highway Patrol Officer Andrew Barclay. The man was operating a skip-loader tractor to level gravel that had been dumped as part of a road project.
The victim reportedly pulled the tractor over slowly to the right shoulder to allow a vehicle to pass. The road collapsed and the tractor rolled off the edge, Barclay said.
The 37-year-old Fairfax man was airlifted to the trauma unit at John Muir Medical Center in Walnut Creek. He was pronounced dead at about 12:30 p.m., Barclay said.
The coroner’s office in Contra Costa County did not release the man’s name pending confirmation of his identity.
Michael Dybeck, Scout executive and CEO of the Marin Council, Boy Scouts of America, declined to comment on the circumstances of the incident.
“This is an extremely difficult time for our scouting family,” he said in an email. “We’re sad to confirm the death of our ranger for Camp Tamarancho. Please join us in keeping his family in your thoughts and prayers. We will support them in any way we that we can.”
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Monday, October 23, 2017 11:42AM
FAIRFAX, Calif. (KGO) -- CHP officials told ABC7 News a construction worker was operating a piece of heavy equipment when it became unstable and rolled approximately 200 feet down an embankment off of Iron Springs Road in Fairfax Monday morning.
Emergency crews transported the man to John Muir Medical Center in Walnut Creek in critical condition.
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William Bradbury Killed Tractor Crash near Camp Tamarancho in Fairfax
Fairfax Man Dies after Tractor Tumbles Down on Iron Springs Road Due to Road Collapse
FAIRFAX, CA (October 23, 2017) – A volunteer ranger for the Boy Scouts of America was tragically killed in a tractor accident Monday morning near Camp Tamarancho in Marin County.
The incident occurred just after 8:30 a.m. at Camp Tamarancho and Iron Springs Road.
The victim, identified as a 37-year-old William Bradbury of Fairfax, was operating a skip-loader tractor to level gravel that had been dumped as part of a road project. He was driving in the area of 500 Iron Springs Road in an unincorporated area of Fairfax prior to the accident.
He reportedly pulled the tractor over slowly to the right shoulder to allow a vehicle to pass, when the road he was working collapsed and his tractor tumbled about 250 feet down an embankment, according to reports.
Firefighters and paramedics rushed to the scene and were able to extricate Bradbury. He was airlifted to the trauma unit at John Muir Medical Center in Walnut Creek, where he was later pronounced dead.
The cause of the road collapse that led to the accident remains unknown at this time.
During this heartbreaking time of loss, we would like to send our heartfelt sympathies and deepest condolences to the family and friends of William Bradbury.