KEARNY COUNTY – A Kansas man died in an accident just after 6 p.m. on Monday at a farm located one half mile east of Deerfield in Kearney County.

James D. Morphew, 67, rural Kearney County, died on a tractor, when he was pinned by a grain auger, according to a media release from the The Kearny County Sheriff’s Office.

Morphew had been teaching a teenager how to operate the tractor and she was backing it up when the auger began to tip, according to the Sheriff’s Department.

Morphew took control, but the auger continued falling toward them. He pushed her from the tractor and was struck by the auger.

An investigators determined the front-end bucket was raised too high, causing the auger to tip.