A Bixby farmer and oil producer was killed today in a freak accident at his oil pump.<br/><br/>The Tulsa County Sheriff's office says Forest Shanks was weed-eating around this oil pump when he fell.<br/><br/>Officers
Friday, October 15th 2004, 3:58 pm
By: News On 6
A Bixby farmer and oil producer was killed today in a freak accident at his oil pump.
The Tulsa County Sheriff's office says Forest Shanks was weed-eating around this oil pump when he fell.
Officers say the 82-year-old farmer got tangled up in the machinery and died from a head injury.
Shanks had lived and worked in Oklahoma all of his life.
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