Dog kills multi-millionaire dairy farmer

London, June 07: A 70-year-old multi-millionaire dairy farmer was accidentally killed by his own dog after the animal reportedly set his tractor into motion, crushing him on his farm in North Somerset in the UK.

Coming to details, Derek Mead (70) who was also a property developer and a local councilor, suffered a heart attack after the "tragic accident" on his farm on Sunday afternoon.

It is understood that Mr. Mead was crushed by a JCB farm loader, a machine used to transport heavy materials.

Police and paramedics were called to The Laurels in Hewish, near Weston-super-Mare, North Somerset in the afternoon.

Two response vehicles, an ambulance, and an air ambulance attended and rescuers tried to save the former, who was in cardiac arrest.

In a statement, the Mead family, who have been farming in Somerset since the 1400s, described the death as a "terrible loss".

They said: "It is with heavy hearts that we have to let you know that our father and grandfather, Derek Mead, was killed in a tragic accident on his farm.