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PA Mom Of 2 Dies After Getting Impaled At County Fair In Freak Accident PA Mom Of 2 Dies After Getting Impaled At County Fair In Freak Accident
PA Mom Of 2 Dies After Getting Impaled At County Fair In Freak Accident A 33-year-old Pennsylvania mom has died after part of a tractor broke off and hit her in the neck at a county fair, authorities said.  Brandy Horner was watching the tractor pull at the Union Couty West End Fair when "an exhaust wheel within a turbo housing became dislodged and ejected from its manifold," the wheel "then ejected from the metal covering of the tractor," and a piece of the wheel broke off and became lodged in her neck, according to the Pennsylvania State Police. The deadly debris impaled Brandy around 8:30 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 11, according to the county coroner's office.  …

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Central PA Man Crushed To Death By Tractor: Coroner Central PA Man Crushed To Death By Tractor: Coroner
Central PA Man Crushed To Death By Tractor: Coroner An antique tractor crushed a Carlisle man to death on Saturday, authorities announced on Monday, July 17, 2023.  Richard Anderson had rebuilt the antique tractor indoors, washed it, and pulled it outside in the 2600 Block of Walnut Bottom Road Penn Township, Carlisle on July 15, the coroner's release detailed.   The 71-year-old turned the front crank to start it but the brakes failed— so it propelled forward "pinning him underneath," Cumberland County Coroner Charles Hall said.  Anderson was pronounced dead at the scene of multiple traumatic injuries and his death …

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