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Four-year-old Maverick Lee Flinn was the little boy with the
bright smile and toy tractors, his laughter and boundless curiosity warming everyone he met.
On Monday, June 23, southern Indiana’s tight-knit community was stunned when a routine day of farm work turned into a fatal tragedy.
Maverick, eager to ride in the combine with his great-grandfather, dismounted alongside his beloved great-grandmother, Nancy Ann “Nanny” Fox—only to be caught in a tragic accident involving a farm tractor that claimed both their lives.
Word of the accident swept through Seymour, where neighbors and fellow farmers rallied without hesitation.
By Tuesday, they had brought meals, equipment, and muscle, finishing twelve days’ worth of wheat harvest in a single day
. “They harvested in 24 hours what normally takes nearly two weeks,”
Maverick’s uncle, Zach Flinn, told WTHR, his voice thick with gratitude.
A GoFundMe page set up in Maverick’s memory to fund a playground—originally hoping for $5,000—has soared past $70,000, reflecting just how deeply the community felt this loss.
