A FARMER and former parish councillor died after falling from a petrol tanker at his airfield in Rayne.
David McGregor suffered critical injuries after the incident at Rayne Hall Farm, Shalford Road, last Thursday at around 10am.
An air ambulance took Mr McGregor, who was in his 70s, to Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge.
Doctors and paramedics tried to resuscitate him on the way but he was later pronounced dead.
A former Rayne parish councillor, Mr McGregor was known in the village for being very community minded – even selling part of his land so that All Saints Church next door could expand its churchyard.
Steve Park, 65, of Rayne Hall Green and neighbour of Mr McGregor for ten years, said: "He was a prominent person in the village and he'll be sorely missed."
Another neighbour told the Chronicle: "He was a great neighbour and a nice guy, it's such a shock."
He had previously collapsed in a local Tesco but at this stage it is unknown whether this incident and the events surrounding his death are connected.
Health and safety officials attended the scene on Thursday and are still investigating the non-suspicious death.
