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19-year-old man killed in grain bin accident in Iowa

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August 2nd, 2019 by Ric Hanson

LYNNVILLE, Iowa (AP) — Authorities in central Iowa have confirmed the death of a 19-year-old man in a grain bin. Television station KCCI reports that Mahaska County Sheriff’s deputies were called to the grain bin in Lynnville before 8 a.m. Friday.

Officials say Benjamin Raymond Van Wyk died at the scene after becoming entangled in the grain bin’s auger. An autopsy has been ordered. The death remains under investigation.