MUDDY CREEK TWP — Vehicular homicide charges have been filed against the driver of an antique tractor who is accused of causing a rear-end collision on Route 19 last summer.

State police allege Zachary E. Sawyer, 33, of Butler was criminally negligent when he took to the road after dark in Muddy Creek Township on his 1969 Oliver farm tractor that had no working taillights

The tractor also was traveling 35 mph under the speed limit about 8:55 p.m. July 28 when Earl A. Tindall’s 2007 Jeep Liberty slammed into the back of it.

Tindall, 76, of Perry Township, Lawrence County, who apparently did not see the tractor until it was too late, died of injuries suffered in the wreck.

Police on Saturday charged Sawyer with homicide of vehicle, a felony, and involuntary manslaughter and reckless endangerment, both misdemeanors.

A complete report will appear in Wednesday's Butler Eagle.