ROCK VALLEY, Iowa (AP) - Authorities say a man was fatally injured when he was run over by a piece of equipment at a farm in northwest Iowa.
The accident occurred Monday afternoon at the farm 4 miles (7 kilometers) west of Rock Valley. The Sioux County Sheriff’s Office says the man was run over while walking behind a payloader as it was backing up. He was taken to a local hospital and then flown to a Sioux Falls, South Dakota, hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
The Sheriff’s Office identified him as 52-year-old Bradley Peetsch, who lived in Baxter, Minnesota. The payloader driver was identified as 17-year-old Joey Van Ginkel, of Rock Valley.
A payloader is a heavy vehicle with a large blade or broad scoop mounted on its front.
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