Inmate Killed in Tractor Accident

An inmate at the Caledonia Prison Farm in North Carolina was killed when he was run over by a tractor he was working on Monday morning, according to the North Carolina Department of Corrections.

The inmate, Woody Chavis, was working with another inmate in attempting to attach a trailer to a farm tractor when the tractor backed over Chavis.

CPR was administered at the scene by prison medical staff before Chavis was transported to Pitt County Memorial Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 11:15 a.m.

The accident is being investigated. No one has been charged.