Tractor rollover in rural Carlock kills Bloomington man

Posted on October 3, 2017

Galyn Sweet, 64, of Bloomington died shortly after his utility tractor rolled into a ravine on October 2nd.
(WJBC File Photo)

By Howard Packowitz

RURAL CARLOCK – A Bloomington man is dead after the utility tractor he was using to apparently clear some brush rolled down a ravine in rural Woodford County, near Carlock.

Woodford County Coroner Tim Ruestman said Galyn Sweet, 64, was working Monday night near a cabin he owns in Kansas Township, and his wife called a friend when Sweet didn’t return home.

Ruestman said Sweet’s friend found him Tuesday morning, and called police.

Ruestman is planning an autopsy for Wednesday. The coroner’s office and the Woodford County Sheriff’s Police are investigating.

Howard Packowitz can be reached at [email protected]

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