Man dies in car crash after attempting to pass tractor on Highway 70 outside Jackson, Tennessee
Local farmers talk road safety after fatal tractor-involved crash
Investigators said the man driving the car died trying to pass other vehicles in a no-passing zone.
“You can come up on a tractor pretty quickly,” said Gina Thompson, communications director for the Tennessee Soybean Promotion Council Inc. “They will let you by when they see there’s a safe spot for them to pull over.”
Tractors have headlights, but they look a lot like lights on cars, according to the Tennessee Soybean Promotion Council.
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