{"id":34107,"date":"2025-08-14T18:29:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-14T18:29:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=34107"},"modified":"2025-08-14T18:29:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T18:29:08","slug":"boy-16-in-farm-equipment-accident-just-days-before-school-year-starts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=34107","title":{"rendered":"Boy, 16, in Farm Equipment Accident Just Days Before School Year Starts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?-->&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A 16-year-old boy is dead after an accident occurred while he was operating farm equipment in Illinois on Aug. 12<\/p>\n<p>He was pronounced dead at the scene by the coroner<\/p>\n<p>The teen&#8217;s school district said he always had a &#8220;positive attitude&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; margin: 1.5em 0;\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto; display: block; margin: 1em auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/7YladRsX3E9shcBeF1iRDoA29Mg=\/1500x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(749x0:751x2):format(webp)\/16-Year-Old-Nolan-C-Kiel-Dies-of-Asphyxiation-After-Farming-Accident-081425-54eab24a2d2f44e98f35767e5e8023f9.jpg\" alt=\"16-Year-Old Nolan C. Kiel Dies of Asphyxiation After Farming Accident\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A 16-year-old boy died of asphyxiation after an accident involving a piece of farm equipment in Illinois, just days before the start of school.<br \/>\nOn Tuesday, Aug. 12, high schooler Nolan C. Kiel was operating a piece of farm equipment when the accident occurred on Virden Road in Virden, a city of 3,200 people just 25 miles south of the state capital of Springfield. When officials arrived, the teenager was pronounced dead at the scene at 11:56 a.m. local time by Macoupin County Coroner Anthony Kravanya, ABC affiliate WICS, RiverBender.com and radio station WLDS reported.<br \/>\nLocal fire departments, an ambulance service and the Macoupin County Sheriff\u2019s Office responded to the accident, according to WICS. After an autopsy was performed the next day, the coroner determined that Kiel died of asphyxiation, the outlets reported.\u00a0An investigation is ongoing.<br \/>\nThe Macoupin County Sheriff\u2019s Office and the Macoupin County Coroner\u2019s Office have been contacted by PEOPLE.<\/p>\n<p>Our new app is here! Free, fun and full of exclusives. Scan to download now!<\/p>\n<p>The teen was a student at North Mac High School in Virden. As his classmates and teachers prepare for the first day of school on Tuesday, Aug. 19, they&#8217;re left to mourn the young man.<br \/>\nThe North Mac Community Unit School District honored Kiel on Facebook.<br \/>\n\u201cIt is with great sadness we share news of the tragic passing of North Mac High School student Nolan Kiel,\u201d the school district said, which did not immediately respond to PEOPLE\u2019s request for further comment. \u201cNolan will be remembered by the North Mac community as always possessing a positive attitude and friendly demeanor.\u201d<br \/>\nAt Least 9 Children and Driver Injured After Bus Crashes and Rolls Over on First Day Back to School in Texas<br \/>\nTeen Dies and Older Sister Injured After Their Jet Ski Crashes into Dock During Family Vacation<br \/>\nNorth Mac schools will have counselors available to help grieving students, the school district said.<br \/>\nIn a separate tribute, Kiel\u2019s former soccer club remembered the teen. He played with the North Mac United Soccer Association until he went to high school.<br \/>\nNever miss a story \u2014 sign up for PEOPLE&#8217;s free daily newsletter to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSince then, he has been a referee, and no one was more conscientious or wanted to do a better job than he did,\u201d the association wrote on Facebook. \u201cJust the best kid. We, along with the whole community, mourn his loss.\u201d<br \/>\nA candlelight service, followed by a candlelight walk, was held for Kiel at North Mac High School on Wednesday, Aug. 13, for fellow students and the local community.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; A 16-year-old boy is dead after an accident occurred while he was operating farm equipment in Illinois on Aug. 12 He was pronounced dead at the scene by the &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":34108,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34107","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34107","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=34107"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34107\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34109,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34107\/revisions\/34109"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/34108"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=34107"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=34107"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=34107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}