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Tractor Tips Over In Jefferson, Killing Two

Man, Woman Pronounced Dead At Scene

POSTED: 9:19 am EDT June 15, 2008
UPDATED: 1:41 pm EDT June 15, 2008

A farm tractor overturned, killing two people in Jefferson Township, Greene County on Saturday.

Stephen Yourchik, 20, of Clarksville, and Leah Zwerver, 23, of Waynesburg, were riding a farm tractor up a steep hill on Pitt Gas Road when the machine tipped and rolled over on them.

Authorities pronounced the two dead at the scene at about 5:30 p.m. Saturday.

Police said the two were riding the tractor to retrieve a truck in which they were off-roading that got stuck in some mud.


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