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Man dies after being partially run over by skid loader

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January 12th, 2021 by Ric Hanson

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — Linn County authorities say a man died after he was partially run over by a skid loader near Cedar Rapids. The Linn County Sheriff’s Office said Tuesday in a news release that 60-year-old Robert Carson, of Marion, was using a Bobcat skid loader to clean up downed trees when he partially backed over a man who was helping him. The name of the person who was killed has not been released. An investigation is continuing.