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1 killed by falling tractor attachment near Cedar Rapids

Ag/Outdoor, News

May 22nd, 2020 by Ric Hanson

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — Authorities say a person has died in a farming accident south of Cedar Rapids. The Linn County Sheriff’s Office says in a news release that deputies and medics were called Thursday afternoon to the area southeast of the city’s airport. Arriving emergency responders found a tractor with a collapsed attachment that had fallen on the tractor’s driver. The driver was pronounced dead at the scene. Authorities have not released the driver’s name pending notification of family members.