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Kansas Farmer Dies In Combine Accident

Woodson County authorities say a 66-year-old farmer has died in an accident during wheat harvest.

Undersheriff Glen Smith says the accident occurred Tuesday afternoon in rural Yates Center.

KFRM-AM reports that David E. Stockebrand was cutting wheat with his son, who was unloading a combine. When he finished, the son began to drive away and the father was caught under the rear wheel of the combine.

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