A 60-year-old man, identified as António Ribeiro, died on Tuesday morning (5) in Guabiruba, in the Itajaí Valley, after falling from a tractor in the rural area of ​​the city. According to the fire service, the incident occurred on Lageado Alto Street at around 10:30.

The man was driving a farm machine when he became ill; the body will be buried in Guabiruba this Wednesday (6) – Photo: Archive/Google Street View/Disclosure/ND

According to rescuers, the tractor driver suffered cardiac and respiratory arrest while driving an agricultural machine. After falling from the car, witnesses came to his aid.

When firefighters arrived, the man was already dead.

Rescuers tried to resuscitate him, but he was already lifeless. The scientific police were called and sent the body to the IML (Institute of Medicine Legal) in Brusque.

According to Funerária Guabiruba, the body of António Ribeiro is to be buried this Wednesday (6) in the cemetery of the Guabiruba Sul district. The time of farewell ceremonies and the place of the commemoration were not announced.