Wallace Strickland began driving a tractor at age 10.
So at age 74, it seemed rookie mistakes were surely behind him.
Then came May 3, the day he admittedly “went stupid.” While driving downhill on his 450-acre Decatur farm, he lost control of the tractor as it sped up. He clipped a tree and the 8,800-pound vehicle tipped over on top of him.
Trapped underneath, Strickland worried he wouldn’t be rescued.
“I was in a place where I don’t usually have cell service, and I was allowed to make three phone calls. That’s divine intervention,” he said.