FARM ACCIDENT FATALITY

Farm accident fatality

A man from rural Lynnville was killed Friday morning (8/2) in a farm accident.  The Mahaska County Sheriff’s Office says 19-year-old Benjamin Van Wyk had become entangled in a sweep auger inside a grain bin around 8am Friday.  Van Wyk was pronounced dead at the scene.  The investigation into Van Wyk’s death is continuing……and an autopsy has been scheduled.

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