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Tractor rear-ended, driver killed
Posted: 07.02.2011 at 5:52 PM
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OSKALOOSA, IOWA (AP) -- An Oskaloosa man has died after his tractor was struck by a pickup truck.
     
Iowa troopers say  that  James Vanmersbergen, 71, was driving his tractor Friday night along Highway 163 in Oskaloosa
when it was rear-ended. Both the tractor and the pickup ended up in a ditch.
     
Vanmersbergen suffered fatal injuries. The driver of the pickup, identified as 26-year-old John Lovell of Ankeny, was hurt. Details of his injuries weren't released.
     
Information from: KCCI-TV, http://www.kcci.com

(Copyright ©2011 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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