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Two separate tractor accidents kill men in Portugal

A man died after a tractor accident in Castro Daire and an elderly man died after being trapped under a tractor in Macedo de Cavaleiros. Both incidents occurred in Portugal.

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  1. A man died after a tractor accident in the municipality of Castro Daire, Portugal.

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    What the 2 sources said
    Notícias ao Minuto
    “o trator agrícola despistou-se quando seguia em estrada”

    Machine translation: the agricultural tractor slipped when it was traveling on the road

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    RTP Notícias
    “Um homem morreu na sequência de um despiste de um trator”

    A man died following a tractor accident

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  2. An elderly man died after being trapped under a tractor in a village of Macedo de Cavaleiros, Portugal.

    One source
    What the source said
    Notícias ao Minuto
    “O segundo comandante dos bombeiros de Macedo de Cavaleiros, Pedro Venceslau, adiantou à Lusa que quando os operacionais chegaram ao local o trator estava junto a uma habitação”

    Machine translation: The second commander of the Macedo de Cavaleiros fire brigade, Pedro Venceslau, told Lusa that when the operators arrived the tractor was next to a house

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Not reported (yet) by CNN Portugal, Correio da Manhã, Diário de Notícias, ECO, Jornal de Negócios, Observador, Portugal Resident, Público, Renascença, The Portugal News.

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