From Staff Reports
June 29, 2009 10:14 pm
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ODON — An Odon man died Sunday after being trampled by a horse Saturday.
William J. Graber, 67, was getting ready to cut hay Saturday when he was trampled by the horse he was using, according to a family friend. Graber was pronounced dead at 1:40 p.m. Sunday at Deaconess Hospital in Evansville.
On Saturday, the sheriff’s department received a call at 2:15 p.m. reporting a man had been kicked in the head by a horse at 10216E 1000N. Graber was taken to Daviess Community Hospital, according to the call log, and then taken to Evansville by Air Evac.
Graber was a part-time farmer and worked at Graber Millworks, which is owned by his sons. Graber is survived by his wife, Susie, and seven children.
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