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Updated: Friday, 29 Jun 2012, 9:45 AM EDT
Published : Thursday, 28 Jun 2012, 10:03 PM EDT

Dan Klein

BENTON COUNTY, Indiana - A Benton County man was killed in a farm accident Wednesday.

Investigators said 36-year-old Manuel Lino Mejia-Lamas died Wednesday evening at the Seven Hills Dairy Farm, about three miles southeast of Goodland.

Sheriff's deputies said Petrus Openkkelder, another farm employee, was operating a pay loader shortly after 7:00 p.m. when the bucket fell on Mejia-Lamas. Emergency personnel pronounced Mejia-Lamas dead at the scene.

The case is under investigation by the Benton County Coroner, the Benton County Sheriff's Office, and the Benton County Prosecutor.

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